Technical Writing: Importance, Characteristics, and Differences in the Workplace, Schemes and Mind Maps of Sociolinguistics

Download Technical Writing: Importance, Characteristics, and Differences in the Workplace and more Schemes and Mind Maps Sociolinguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Introduction to Technical Writing ELS-215 WWW.EUSS.EDU SAN PEDRO COLLEGE Objectives DEFINE TECHNICAL WRITING AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE WORKPLACE EASTWAY UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES WWW.EUSS.EDU/EIPA IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TECHNICAL WRITING COMPARE AND CONTRAST TECHNICAL WRITING TO OTHER TYPES OF WRITING 01 02 03 DEFINITION OF TECHNICAL WRITING Technical Writing describes a variety of documents produced in areas such as science, social science, engineering, and education, SAN PEDRO COLLEGGE Some examples of Technical writing Sales catalogs Business letters Financial reports Standard Operating procedures Medical Research Studies Financial reports Standard Operating Procedures Lab Reports SAN PEDRO COLLEGE SAN PEDRO COLLEGE Two-thirds of salaried employees are required to write Over had of companies surveyed require employees through email and PowerPoint presentation is almost universal Eighty percent of companies is service industries-finance insurance, and real estate-evaluate writing ability as part of the hiring process Writing is a threshold skill." necessary to get over the "threshold." through the door, and into gainful employment, According to " Writing: A Ticket to Work" According to the National Commission on Writing, in corporate America, SAN PEDRO COLLEGE T E C H N I C A L W R I T I N G O N T H E J O B A N D A T H O M E C L E A R P U R P O S E The research required depends on the needs of the readers A C C U R A T E A N D R E L E V A N T R E S E A R C H carefully considered, targeted I D E N T I F I E D A U D I E N C E predictable, targeted C L E A R O R G A N I Z A T I O N Characteristics of Technical Writing the way author uses words and sentences D I R E C T S T Y L E the emotional character of a document. or the way the words make a person feel O B J E C T I V E T O N E help the audience gap grasp complex material quickly D E S I G N E L E M E N T S knowledge of familiar structures, format, and content S T A N D A R D C O N V E N T I O N S TW PW read for information wiith range of emotions tone: conversational humorous TW IW unambiguous and direct adheres the principles of unity, coherence and standard conventions writers allow ideas to evolve over time artistic writers with creative license ambiguous rich 1 YOu have probably used technical writing if you have given someone directions, planned an event, explained closing procedures at work, or done many other activities 2 Technical communication, whether a written document or an oral presentation, presents technical information with a specific purpose and audience and clear, straightforward appraoch 3 Required in all professions, technical writing is critical in the workplace. Recent research describes writing as a "threshold skill." Summary