The KTH Guide to scientific writing was created with the aim of supporting students and faculty with scientific writing in English. The guide is rooted in the typical writing genres of a technical university, and draws on examples of these to explore sentence structure, punctuation, text flow, and scientific style. Since its launch, the guide has become an integral part of classroom practice in the department of Language and Communication, and an online resource for all students and faculty at KTH. This paper presents our findings from the first stage of our evaluation of the guide. The evaluation consists of a short reflective questionnaire for users. We have begun to collect responses to the questions, and to conduct an inductive thematic analysis (ITA) to identify emerging themes.
Pages:
208-217
Affiliations:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,Sweden
Keywords:
Scientific writing
academic writing
English language
Communication skills
interpersonal skills
CDIO optional standard 2
CDIO Standard 9
Year:
2023
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