(Podcast) English for Science and Technical Purposes

Episode 5 will discuss guidelines for using visuals to describe, highlight and interpret data. In addition, we will see how to incorporate visuals in text. Before we end Topic 5, we will touch on using the right words and structures in illustrating ideas.

Episode 2 will look at how to put things in perspective, i.e., doing analysis. We will look at analysis through classifications. We will also discuss how to do analysis based on cause-effect and comparison-contrast relationships. Later, we will see how to do analysis by providing evidence.

Episode 3 will deal with summary writing. You will be exposed to writing a topic sentence and identifying the main ideas in a text. Before we end this topic, we will discuss the different types of summary writing as well as the steps and characteristics of an effective summary.

Episode 4 will look at the technical genre which involves the process of sending messages. You will be exposed to the various aspects of writing memos and emails.

Episode 6 will expose you to different types of vocabulary which can be used in presenting your ideas to an audience. You will learn how to write for both specialist and non-specialist readers.

Episode 8 will expose you to the skills of estimation, approximation, arithmetic manipulation, algebraic manipulation and data handling.

Episode 9 covers the process of problem solving, specifically the heuristics and strategies involved.

Episode 1 will start by discussing how to define someone or something. We will look at how definitions work. Next, we will touch on describing how something works. This includes the process of writing explanations of mechanisms and also the procedure of a process.