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Written English

A Guide for Electrical and Electronic Students and Engineers
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Written English: A Guide for Electrical and Electronic Students and Engineers addresses common challenges faced by international engineering students and professionals in producing clear and correct English in their writing. Drawing on hundreds of research papers and essays, it highlights typical grammar and formatting mistakes specific to electrical, electronic, and communication engineering fields. This guide offers practical advice to enhance vocabulary, style, and structure, enabling readers to convey their technical knowledge confidently and accurately.
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Ideal for international students, graduate engineers, and scholars in electrical and electronic engineering who wish to improve their written English skills for academic papers, dissertations, or professional reports.

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A research paper or graduate essay demonstrating weak English and poor formatting is likely to be rejected by an editor or marked down by an assessor; but why should these gaps in your English knowledge undermine your subject knowledge and skill as an engineer or student of the discipline?

Written English: A Guide for Electrical and Electronic Students and Engineers is the first resource to work at the sentence level to resolve the English language problems facing international engineering students and scholars. Informed by hundreds of research papers and student essays, this valuable reference:

  • Covers grammar essentials and key terms in the fields of electrical engineering, electronic engineering, and communication systems
  • Uses real-world examples to reveal common mistakes and identify critical areas of focus
  • Provides practical solutions to formatting, vocabulary, and stylistic issues

Written English: A Guide for Electrical and Electronic Students and Engineers equips readers with the necessary knowledge to produce accurate and effective English when writing for engineering.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781498739627

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 December 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Illustration: 128 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 262g

Pages: 216

About the Author

Steve Hart has been editing and proofreading for international academics and graduate students of engineering since 2005. A former high school teacher with a background in sociolinguistics, he has written grammar guides for the Indian market and produced coursebooks for several academies in the United Kingdom. He is currently English Skills Coordinator at a higher education institution in Cambridge, England.

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