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English for Computer Science

Lecture 1

Introduction

Course Introduction What this Course Teaches What this Course Does not Teach What You Can Expect

Course Introduction

Course Instructor

Dr. Renxian Zhang （张韧弦） Associate professor, faculty of School of Electronic

Engineering

PhD in Computer Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PhD in English Linguistics, Fudan University

Email: rxzhang@tongji.edu.cn

Office: 电信楼 410 ， 69585020

Course Introduction

Textbook

侯进，计算机专业英语——科技交流与科技论文写作，电子工业出版社，第 3 版， 2014 年 3 月

Reference Book

宋锡富、司爱侠，计算机专业英语教程，高等教育出版社，第 4版， 2013 年 9 月

Syllabus

Item Weeks Hours

Introduction 1 2

Reading in General 3 6

Reading CS papers 2 4

Translation from English to Chinese

2 4

Translation from Chinese to English

2 4

Writing in General 3 6

Writing CS Papers 2 4

Oral Skills 1 2

Oral Practice 1 2

Total 17 34

Assessment

Item Score

Class Exercises 20

Translation Assignment 15

Writing Assignment 15

Group Presentation 50

Total 100

What this Course Teaches

Listening Speaking Reading Writing Translation

Reading

Reading basics

Words

Sentences

Paragraphs

Reading effectively

Structure

Emphasis

Reading for writing

Writing

Writing basics

Words

Sentences

Paragraphs

Writing effectively

Structure

Emphasis

Coherence

Writing research papers

Translation

Translation basics

Words

Sentences

Translation with tools

E-C translation skills

C-E translation skills

Oral Skills

Listening skills

Speaking skills

Oral communication at academic conferences

What this Course Does not Teach

Beginning-level knowledge about a computer science discipline in English

English for general purpose

Skills to get high TOEFL/IELTS/GRE/… scores

English for CS ≠ CS in English

English for CS ≠ English 101

Sorry, please ask New Oriental’s for help.

What You Can Expect

A comfortable feeling with CS text in English

Better skills of reading CS English Better skills of translating CS English Better skills of writing CS papers in

English Presentation and communication skills

A comfortable feeling with CS text in English

Words

Understanding new words

Using new words

Using known words

Sentences

Understanding long sentences

Handling grammar

Expressions

Understanding set patterns and expressions in CS English

Better Skills of Reading CS English

Reading effectively

Reading for focus

Not getting lost

Reading efficiently

Speed reading

Reading for writing

Better Skills of Translating CS English

Translation skills

Word-level skills

Sentence-level skills

Translating CS articles to Chinese

Translating your own work, especially abstract

Better Skills of Writing CS Papers in English

Writing papers

Abstract

Introduction and conclusion

Body

Submitting papers to international conferences

Submitting papers to journals

Presentation and Communication Skills

Presenting your work to an English audience

Communicating with your colleagues

Understanding what others say

Answering questions

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There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

See you next time.

Robert Byrne