Classification of errors in the project reports of engineering aspirants

Abstract

Writing technical documents like project reports are inevitable in technical studies. Students who enroll for technical degree programs are expected to have basic composition skills and that is tested in their entrance examinations. The higher educational institutions offer remedial courses to the students who do not meet the required language skills. Despite being given remedial courses in language, the students at the undergraduate level face some difficulties in drafting a technical composition. They face problems in grammar as well as the mechanics of writing while drafting a technical document. The real difficulty comes when they try to publish their article in later stages. Assessing the areas where technical graduates make more errors would be an initial step to rectify this problem. This study is a diagnostic attempt on finding repeated errors and identifying the most occurred errors. This study may be a lead to further research on redefining the remedial courses and basic English courses offered to the technical graduates.