Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication

Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication

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Author	Er. Mandeep Singh
Country	India
Language	English
Genre	Educational, Academic, Non-fiction
Publisher	VMG Academy & Consultants
Publication date	7 January 2025
ISBN	978-93-342-4255-3 (Paperback) 978-93-342-5298-9 (ebook)
Pages	383
Media type	Paperback, E-book, Kindle
Website	Book on Amazon Visit

Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication is an educational reference guide to mastering the art of using scientific vocabulary terms and scientific information & for science & technology Communication. It focuses extensively language building, vocabulary and the structure of subject STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, mathematics & medicine). It is highly beneficial for high school students preparing for board or other competitive exams as well as an excellent educational resource for teachers & research professionals. The book orients comprehensive knowledge obtained through basic school education with particular reference to English & Science for the purpose of developing scientific vocabulary, scientific attitude, scientific skills and scientific communication techniques in students. The author has made significant efforts to integrate the concept of science with English language for those who wish to understand theory or pursue their career in the field of science & technology. He puts emphasis on development of right attitude for scientific research through information gathering, expert analysis and use of proper communication techniques.

Key Features

Some of the salient features of the book includes:

• Helps in improving cognitive learning experience
• Helps in building scientific & technical vocabulary
• Helps in preparing for academic and competitive exams for STEM subjects
• Helps in enhancing scientific & technical writing skills
• Helps in enhancing computer and IT skills
• Helps in brainstorming and organizing workflow for science projects
• Helps in improving linguistic skills among science professionals
• Helps in improving scientific & medical translation capacity
• Helps in personality development of teachers, researchers, engineers & doctors
• Helps in developing ability to think independently & problem solving

Target Readers

The following constitutes an ideal reader or learner for this book:

• School students (Grade 10 – Grade 12)
• TGT/PGT Teachers – Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and Mathematics
• Academic Subject Matter Experts – Education boards, BPO/KPO services
• Medical Transcriptionists, Translators or Interpreters
• Science Professionals – Researchers, Scientists, Doctors, Nurses, Engineers, Paramedical technicians

Synopsis

Scientific knowledge is absolutely necessary in almost any sphere of life. In a most simplistic view, the communication between a doctor, patient & hospital involves medical science or the conversation between a pharmacist & patient is based on knowledge about medicine and psych. The art of science & technology communication is critical to any industrial operation as scientific facts keep emerging constantly from novel discovery to invention. Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication serves as a best reference guide for someone looking to grasp elementary knowledge of science vocabulary and deep understanding scientific communication practices whilst appreciate the skills and aptitude required for pursuing various job roles across different industry sectors. Once the reader or learner becomes consciously familiar with concept of English language that integrates with science knowledge along with scientific terms for all major specialties, they will feel confident to read & research on the actual scientific material of their interest, analyze scientific data carefully, interpret scientific literature meaningfully and communicate their findings with confidence to peers, teachers, investors or general public. The author pledges to share his knowledge, ideas and mental experience through his book for capacity-building of students, teachers, researchers, doctors, scientists and allied technical experts.

Learning Objectives: The book imparts knowledge of important scientific vocabulary, concepts, theories, and information related to all major & allied scientific sub-disciplines for knowledge dissemination. An inevitable purpose of this book is to enhance and promote translation in the field of science & medicine. Readers should be able to understand & interpret the technical terms used in everyday medical, clinical, radiological and other laboratory reports. Students will discover that most scientific terms or concepts in science are derived from Greek, Latin, French and other foreign languages. The structural presentation of scientific concepts & topics challenges the students to reflect & test themselves for their existing knowledge of science. It is a useful reference guide for developing a multi-disciplinary approach towards scientific research, experimentation, communication practices and workshop training adhering to core scientific principles, laws & theories. This book is a helpful study reference such that no one should remain at the backdrop in understanding core scientific and technical terms for his or her actual course material and professional practice. It serves as an ideal electronic & print dictionary-style reference guide for teachers, doctors, clinicians, academicians, researchers and allied industry professionals. It is not just a reference guide but also motivates on upgrading scientific skills, professional attitude and scientific communication practices for academics & business.

Learning Outcomes: The book focus on enhancing understanding of the overall structural theme for major science subjects and professional communication practices for higher academic learning or research. It helps in fulfilling linguistic skills-gap among science professionals whilst they develop a good technical vocabulary related to science. Researchers & scientists will feel confident by developing a scientific attitude in their work, talk about their core subject-expertise, discuss their ideas or prepare and interpret technical reports using appropriate scientific communication techniques. Anyone new to using computer or internet would be able to explore basics of information technology techniques to its full potential. This book will definitely serve as a stepping stone in their career when they would be able to talk the language of numbers, lines, atoms, molecules, matter, force, energy, medical conditions, scientific techniques, therapies and therapeutic practices. Students will certainly inherit skills like logical reasoning ability, critical thinking, problem solving, analytical skills, communication skills as well as practical skills from this book. This book aims to provide valuable education and learning experience to students, teachers, researchers, and professionals interested in enhancing their knowledge & practical abilities in science.

Main Testing Competencies: The books helps the learner to reflect on their higher academic learning based on scientific principles, test their basic understanding of scientific concepts, assess cognitive memory skills, assess linguistic and scientific communication abilities, analyze their scientific attitude and scientific working skills, analyze their scientific interpretation and reporting capacity and understand how they use information resources, computers & IT.

Author

Er. Mandeep Singh is a passionate academic writer, academic skills trainer, communication skills coach and a student counsellor with more than 15+ years of experience in education research & teaching. His creative niche is in writing books that focus on acquiring language skills, academic skills, vocabulary training, and research & communication practices for English, Science, Engineering and Medicine. The philosophy of his textbooks focuses on improving cognitive learning behaviour among students by inculcating a rational and scientific approach towards learning. His books aims at acquiring language skills for retaining vocabulary and technical context as well as stress on the importance of aesthetics, presentation style and delivery for effective communication practices. His books reflect his creative thought process and innovative approach for coaching core academic concepts using the rules of language as a medium of building cognitive memory as well as communicating ideas with others. In a crux, his books focus on language and vocabulary training for improving communication skills, teaching skills as well as enhancing skills for scientific research & communication. His journey started 15 years ago as R&D scientist that slowly progressed into academic writing and coaching career. Prior to becoming an author, he has worked as an academic researcher, transcriptor, translator, content writer, editor, developer, web-blogger, student trainer and mentor demonstrating exceptional skills in these job roles. He has helped in transforming thinking & imagination of more than 5000+ students or professionals through the medium of his books that earned him several accolades for his research career. He completed his education as Bachelors in Chemical Engineering (B.E.) from College of Engineering, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India in 2006; and, Masters in Biochemical Engineering from University College London (UCL), London, England in 2008. Besides that, he also holds a number of extra-academic certifications such as IELTS certificate, DSIR certificate for technical consultants, Medical Transcription certificate, IRDA IC-38 certificate for corporate agents, Certificate in Public speaking mastery and IAA author certificate. He founded “VMG Academy & Consultants” in 2017, which is an education research & training organization aligned to the goals and mission of National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC). Some of his professional affiliations include leading corporate organizations like PNB Metlife Insurance India, Star Health & Allied Insurance, Indian Counselling Association, India Authors Academy, Saffron Media Publications, REH News Group, Edumaats Consultants Group, Mentorleap Community, NGO’s like The Living Treasure Trust & Scope for Change Charity. Er. Mandeep’s new identity as a self-published author really inspires him to write more and contribute more to the field of education. His career objective is to engage in knowledge transfer process for capacity-building of students, teachers & research professionals working in different areas of science & technology.

Chapters Summary

“Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication” is divided in 4 main parts. Part I of the book (Ch 1 – Ch 5) helps with the revision of basics of English grammar. It briefly covers parts of speech of English grammar like Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Sentences, Prepositions, Determiners, Punctuations, Suffix, Prefix, English word formation rules & Literary devices. These initial chapters helps to reinforce the structural context of English language used for communication purposes. Part II of the book (Ch 6 – Ch 16) focuses on learning scientific terms through the rules of English grammar & lexicography rules. Each chapter includes sufficient vocabulary terms used in a particular subject disciple of science (or sub-discipline) along with a structured approach for understanding important topics related to that subject. Each scientific term focus on ‘etymological aspect of word’ i.e. ‘origin and history of language’. Each chapter contains “Thesaurus” of technical science terms used in a particular subject of science – Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology, Biology (Life Sciences, Ecology, Taxonomy, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Virology, Genetics, & Biochemistry), Agriculture science, Medical science, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Biotechnology. A well-structured approach is used by the author in describing scientific terms such that they outline basic definition, important technical concept & scope of discussion for using the term with relevant examples. Part III of the book (Ch 17 – Ch 19) focuses on scientific & technical writing skills, science information resources, scientific communication practices, research ethics in science and typical formats of scientific reports like laboratory reports, quality reports, manufacturing report, medical or clinical report as well as structure of research thesis. This part focuses on relevant scientific attitude for information gathering, reporting, research & analysis. Finally, Part IV of the book (Ch 20 – Ch 23) covers basic knowledge on use of computer and internet. It includes understanding of basic IT skills that forms a precursor of scientific reporting, analysis & presentation. It includes chapters that frame understanding of technical terms & concepts covering computer parts, internet resources, word processors, spreadsheets, power point presentation and tools that are used in these computer based applications.

Themes

• The pedagogical framework for “Fundamental Skills in Scientific Communication” focuses on exploring the relationship between the study of language and science as these always go hand-in-hand as a part of school education philosophy that influences imagination, thinking capacity and working behavior among children. The readers shall discover the interconnection between English language and core sciences to reinforce what they have already learnt in school. No educational book or training course can impart complete knowledge on science but through the medium of this book the author has made an attempt to provide up-to-date knowledge reference for basic scientific terms and concepts in the form of ‘scientific vocabulary’, which is relevant to high students, teachers, academicians & research professionals.

• The primary aspect of this book is to help students build basic scientific vocabulary through understanding of etymology of scientific terms and exploring the interconnection of terms with the rules of English word formation and English grammar for cognitive retention & linguistic delivery. The book begins by revisiting the basics of English grammar with chapters like as parts of speech, prefix, suffix and English word formation (lexicography) rules. In the next part, the book focuses extensively on development of scientific vocabulary via each chapter based on a particular subject of science. Each chapter reports scientific terms used in the subject along with the concept and theories related to these terms. Each scientific term is broken into its specific morpheme & word syllables and explained in detail citing the language origin of the term and its original meaning. Each scientific term is defined using the rules of English grammar and associates alternative usage expressions of the same term as an exemplary model. For example, “Chemistry = Latin (Alchemy), Greek (Khemia), word root formation (Chem- + -ist + -(a)ry), Synonym: “Noun”, Definition: It pertains to the (study of) naturally occurring substances present on earth”. Usage examples, Chemical, Chemically, Chemist, Biochemical, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Chemosis, Chemotherapy, Chemoreceptor etc… Each subject is discussed in sufficient details to cover all important topics with definitions and concepts included within each topic.

• The secondary purpose of this book is to help learners understand basic scientific communication practices like use of information resources, scientific journals, understanding the structure of scientific & technical reports, professional thesis writing as well as the role of computers and information technology in communication. The latter part of the book focuses on scientific and technical writing. Many professional degree courses have technical writing included as a prerequisite requirement such as writing technical essays, dissertation, project, case studies research thesis for assessment of technical writing skills of the student. Hence, latter parts includes chapters on general principles of information gathering, research ethics, and basic structure of writing scientific reports for academic purposes as well as writing research thesis. This part of the book also contains a chapter that explores the structure of various forms of technical reports used in the industry like engineering reports, quality reports, medical reports, clinical reports, analytical reports or manufacturing and sales reports.

• The book also aims to develop scientific skills and professional working attitude required for building a career in the field of science, technology, engineering or medicine. The book also dwells on the use of computers, writing software like word processors, power point presentations, spreadsheets and other communication tools along with the role of information technology as a part of discussing the importance of communication technology in scientific communication practices. The book is inevitable to serve as best study guide for grasping elementary knowledge on science subjects, generating sound skills and deep understanding of subject matter, which helps students in getting good grades or teachers in upgrading teaching skills.

Publication Details

• Publisher: VMG Academy & Consultants
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback, Kindle, E-book
• Pages: 383
• ISBN: 978-93-342-4255-3 (Paperback)
• ISBN: 978-93-342-5298-9 (Ebook)
• ASIN: B0DSFZP2ND
• Release Date: 7 January 2025
• Contact: vmgacademy@gmail.com

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See also

• Er. Mandeep Singh
• Textbook on English Grammar & Communication
• Mind Maps on STEM Career Routes