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[ Syllabus ]
- Course objectives
- To identify common types of
technical correspondence in the workplace
- To create a tailor-made correspondence file based
on the student's writing needs
- How can I identify my reader's interests to make
the paper more user friendly?
- Course texts
- Suggested readings
- Course homework
Written assignments will be sent for editing to the instructor via e-mail
(tedaknoy@ms11.hinet.net)
as an attached file in Microsoft Word format. The instructor will edit
the files using the editing tool inside of the "Tools" box
of Microsoft Word and, then, return the edited files to the student.
During the final week of the course, the student will submit the final
assignments on a 3.5 size diskette(Word format).
Using the software templates found at http://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~tedknoy/ku.html,
write twenty five letters (five letters from each section) by choosing
from the thirty eight options in A Correspondence Manual for Chinese
Technical Writers.
- Norms for class assignments
The instructor assesses the above assignments
on the basis of the following norms:
Structure Each class assignment must adhere to
the structure outlined in "Details of class assignments".
Style Each class assignment must be written in clear and concise English,
omitting any grammatical, general writing style, or Chinese colloquial
errors.
Usability Each class assignment must not only have a particular audience
in mind, but attempt to link the technical information with the particular
reader's interest(s).
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