[ Syllabus ]

1. Course objective
   To develop copy editing skills in a technical manuscript in terms of (a) translation errors made from Chinese to English and (b) general writing style errors.
2. Course texts
• An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy
• Advanced Copyediting Practice for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy
• Overcoming Chinese-English Habits in Writing" by Ted Knoy, The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), February 2000
• Editing for Conciseness and Clarity in an ESL Writing Class by Ted Knoy, The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, April 2000
• "Increasing the Vocabulary of Chinese ESL Writers Through Contrastive Rhetoric" by Ted Knoy, The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, May 2000
• An English Style Approach for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy Revised edition
• Unit 1 summary
• Unit 2 summary
• Unit 3 summary
• Unit 4 summary
• Unit 5 summary
• Unit 6 summary
• Unit 7 summary
• Unit 8 summary
• Unit 9 summary
• Unit 10 summary
3. Suggested readings
   Substance&Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting by Mary Stoughton
   Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams
   Technical Editing by Lola Zook
4. Course homework
   Students must complete the twenty seven editing exercises for conciseness found in An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy and the twenty nine editing exercises for clarity found in Advanced Copyediting Practice for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy.

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