Synopsis


RATIONAL

Often technical reports on projects are read by non-technical decision-makers. Thus reports have to be easily understood for prudent and appropriate management decisions to be made. One needs to be competent not only technically, but also in the English language to deliver the technical content of a project accurately especially where English is a second language.


OBJECTIVE

This 2-day programme is aimed at upgrading the language skills of the participants in stringing technical ideas/words into easily understood language to improve readability.


CONTENT

The 2-Day Programme will focus on the 2 most common technical reports for decision-making by management. They are:

 Progress Reports
 Crisis/Event Reports


METHODOLOGY

The approach taken would cover lectures and hands-on practice on:
 Structure of a Report    
 Basic/ Necessary Grammar and Vocabulary
 Sentence Construction
 Comparing and Contrasting Writing Techniques
 Analysing Charts, Graphs, Pie-charts
 Actual writing of reports in class


COURSE LEADER - Lena Khaw A.M.N.

Lena Khaw’s first language is English. She obtained degree in Mass Communication in year 1973. She is competent in nearly all the topics in the English language. Concerned about the growing difficulty of Malaysians in expressing themselves in good understandable English especially at the workplace,  she embarked on equipping herself with credentials to teach English as a 2nd language targeted at working adults.
Coupled with her vast experience in writing reports especially government technical reports for management, she now teaches not only English Proficiency courses but combines it with techniques for special writing skills like Technical, Business and Report Writing. With her not only will you learn the linguistic content of the English language, but also the context in which the content would be most applicable in the  targeted area which is technical report writing in this 1 day workshop