Hi, my name is Yvan Nathan. I am currently studying civil engineering at Ahuntsic College, with the goal of become, in the near future, a technician in this field. I also plan to pursue at university in a master's degree and potentially a PhD in Civil engineering. What pushed me to engage in this way is a passion for the physics of large structure like bridge and dam who can be considered jewels of humanity.
When working in the civil engineering sector in Quebec, where the main language spoken is French, it is not surprising to see companies from Quebec collaborating on projects with firms from USA. In such situations, English becomes the language of communication, and French-speaking workers must make an effort to ensure effective communication.
An interesting Tool that can help us to ensure effective communication within working teams can be Virtual Writing Tutor.
It's an application or a Website that help with plenty of options to improve your oral and writing English.
To access this site, you simply enter Virtual Writing Tutor.com in the search bar of your browser and fill in your information to log in.
The main menu of the site prominently displays the site's name in large letters in the top left corner of the screen. Below that, you'll find the main menu with many drops down lists that guide you to various options, along with a blank space for your writing.
How can Virtual Writing Tutor can be an excellent tool for the situation previously presented?
In Civil Engineering we sleep on reports, we have to make reports as often as the current projects are updated in terms of information and calculations. Then, if you're a French speaker, and you have to present English reports to your American co-workers for analysis, you can use the text corrector of Virtual Writing Tutor. You enter your text in the blank space, you click on Check Grammar button, and you receive a report generated by the application which explains to you how to ameliorate your text. You have the punctuation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary errors which are put in red, then you have propositions of the IA on how make your text better.
Often, you want to explain how to use an application or a program as Autocad, a draft program use in engineering, for on-the-job training by using tutorial videos. Virtual Writing Tutor can help you for this with the Screencast script creator, here. With the Writing tools button, by one click, you can reach to a drop down list. In this list, you take Screencast Script creator then you click on the virtual video button which will guide you to a tutorial video which explain to you how to create a screencast.
You can also produce compilation of translated work vocabulary from French to English with the Glossary creator of Virtual Writing Tutor here.
That's how Virtual Writing Tutor can be useful in Civil Engineering at work.
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