The characteristics of technical discourses imply an abundance of visual elements. From charts to diagrams and from graphs to technical drawings, the technical communication is overwhelmingly dependent on visuals. For engineering students, a good mastery of the English technical language inevitably implies a good command of the most common language structures used to describe the above- mentioned elements. For an English language instructor, this requirement implies the need to update courses, seminars and other language learning-related activities with information related to describing specific technical visuals.
Key words:
technical language, describing graphs, visual elements, language functions, trends, technical communication
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