Text book: Academic Writing Course: Study Skills in English
Author: R.R. Jordan
References:
1. Marsha Benssauson, Jonathan Golan. English for Students of Mathematics
2. http://sites.google.com/a/hus.edu.vn/leminhha/esp
Credit: 3
Topic to be covered:
We will cover some chapters in the text book and do exercises in the reference and other sources. A solid skill in academic writing, reading and understanding mathematical textbooks is the final goal.
Problem sets: (40% of overall grade) are in form of handout or sent by email
- Writing academic paragraphs
- Translate mathematical articles
Midterm: (30% of overall grade) oral and written tests
Final term: (30% of overall grade) written test.
Grading: on a curve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grading_on_a_curve
Download tests' results: upgraded on 27 Dec 2010
Your final actual mark is calculated by using linear interpolation between the highest point (become 10) and lowest point (become 2.5).
Midterm's Key: A talk of Prof. Hung at EC (Download)
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