TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS Y

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course emphasizes practical knowledge of technical communications techniques, procedures, and reporting formats used in industry and business. Topics include: reference use and research, formal technical report writing, business correspondence, and oral technical report presentation.

  1. WRITING
    1. Writing process
    2. Multi paragraph papers
      1. Process paper
      2. Persuasive paper
    3. Business writing
      1. Letter of request
      2. Letter of response
      3. Letter of persuasion
      4. Letter of complaint
    4. Summaries
    5. Paraphrasing
    6. Resume
    7. Research project

  2. READING/LITERATURE
    1. Critical reading of technical material
    2. Reading for information in magazines and newspapers
    3. Reading in content areas
    4. Parallel reading
    5. Literary terms
    6. Representative literary genres

  3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
    1. Agreement
      1. Subject-verb
      2. Pronoun-antecedent
    2. Sentence structure
      1. Fragments
      2. Run-ons
      3. Parallel structure
    3. Mechanics
      1. Capitalization
      2. Punctuation
    4. Usage rules

  4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
    1. Context clues
    2. Content area vocabulary words

  5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
    1. Test taking strategies
    2. On-line searches
    3. Media center resources
    4. Documenting sources
    5. Career search program in guidance office
    6. Use of available technology in media center and writing lab

  6. SPEAKING/LISTENING
    1. Notetaking
    2. Giving and following directions
    3. Listening for meaning
    4. Class discussions
    5. Impromptu speeches
    6. Interviewing skills
    7. Individual/group presentations
      1. Gathering information for presentation
      2. Organizing information for presentation
      3. Planning sequence of presentation

           

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