Technical Writing

Title Page
About the Authors
Title Authors Publisher
서문, 주상우
Acknowledgements, Bilingual (E-K) Edition
Preface to BILINGUAL Edition, Michael Neil Shapiro
서문 이중언어 판 2010
머릿말, 감사의 말, 2판, 08년 봄
Foreword and Acknowledgements, Second Edition
Three Quotations on Writing

Table of Contents

PART 1 ORIENTATION

Course Description & Academic Goal
Of Course! Some Early And Obvious Advice
A학점을 받는 요령
Hints Toward Getting An ‘A’
이 과목은 어떻게 진행되는가
How This Course Works
Attendance Messages in English
성공적으로 의사소통을 하는 작가,성공하는 학생
The Successful Technical Writer; The Successful Student
SMS Text Messaging, Essay
SMS Short Forms in English for Messages & Chat
Limit Your Worries
Technical Writing : Toward a Definition
Three Key Words Defined
Technical Writing :A Working Definition in Plain English
Good Technical Writing : A Description
- D.I.Y. Exercise: Write the same ideas in your own language

PART 2 GOOD WRITING B.C. : Before Computers!

The sentence
Lesson 1 :Traffic Signs
Punctuation : A Famous Story
Lesson 2 : How Long Should a Sentence Be?
Lesson 3 : Changing Passive Sentences to Active Form
Passive Sentences for Re-Writing in Active (S-V-O) Form
Sentences: Review of Key Points & A Teachable Moment
Faulty Return Address (Proofreading)
Editing Exercise : (Short Excerpt) Mechanical Engineering Research Report
Four Writing Skills We Need To Practise

Technically Correct Writing : A Quick Review of Core Grammar
& Reference Information Section

Capital Letters : Chart; Punctuation : Summary; Active Grammar – Summary
The Twelve Tenses of English Verbs : Chart

Teaching Point: Write technically correct English sentences.

PART 3 GOOD WRITING A.D. : After Digital

What Your Computer Can Do For You
Create a Shortcut on the Desktop
Acceptable Fonts For This Course
Add these Names to your Spell Check Dictionary

Readability Scores, C.A.R. Statistics, The “After-math” Of Writing

What are C.A.R. Statistics?
Display / Enable Readability Statistics In MS-Word 2007 & 2003
Understanding Readability Statistics: Daewoo Shipbuilding Co. (DSME)
The “After-math” of Writing: Classic Technical Writing Tools
& How to Display them on your Page
C.A.R.S. Summary & Three (3) Review Questions
Two Famous Finger Exercises For Typing In English
Summary of Writing Course So Far

Teaching Points: Use The Technology To Improve Your Work.
C.A.R. Statistics are the “after-math” of writing.

PART 4 RESUMÉ AND COVER LETTER

Job Applications: Resumes, Letters & E-mails : An Introduction

Resumé : Two (2) Definitions & Three (3) spellings
An English Resumé Form from a Korean Company
Advantages and Disadvantages of Fixed, Set Resumé Forms
Differences Between Korean & North American Resumé Styles
Differences Between Real & Practice Job Applications
Readying Your Resumé, “for Real”


PART 5 BASIC JOB APPLICATION OR “COVER” LETTER

I am Writing…. A Universal Letter Starter
Four (4) Musts A.S.A.P. : An Aid to Memory
Basic Job Application Letter - A.S.A.P. Model
Action Verbs for Letters & Resumes
How to Produce the Three (3) Standard Paragraph Styles
10 Cover Letter Mistakes to Avoid
커버레터 작성시 피해야 할 10가지 실수
Memo (Mini) to Students
Subject: Reading your Job Application Letters & Resumes
Favorite Filler Phrases To Delete
Tell Me Now !
Spell-check Testing: Comments On A Student’s Job Application Letter
Checklist : Presentation Requirements for your Basic Job App Letter

PART 6 E-MAIL JOB APPLICATIONS

Send An Effective E-mail

E-mail Etiquette Lesson: Subject Line is Essential.
More E-mail Etiquette: Greet, Sign off, Signature block
Do Not Send Messages All in Capitals : It looks like SHOUTING
Send An Effective E-Mail Job Application : Checklist & more
An E-mail Request, First Prepared on MS-Word & Spellchecked!
How To Send A Successful E-Mail Message

Teaching Point: Send a correct and effective e-mail.

PART 7 IMPROVE YOUR JOB APPLICATION LETTER

Improve Your Job Application Letter: A Key Assignment
JAL :Advanced Model : Content & Statistics
Dress Up Your Letter : Letterhead, Page Border, Color & Paper
Two Sample Letterheads
How to Set Margins & Page Border
Reader’s Questions & Writer’s Answers on a Job Application Letter
Letter Slots: Preparing to Send Your Job Application
Cover Letter for Win-Win Job Applications
Checklist For Grading Your Letter

Teaching Point: Design Your Own Job Application Package

Graded Assignment : CLR & Resume 20%

Model Job Application Letters From Technical Writing Course Graduates
& Why writing a job application letter
is not a useful task for me now

PART 8 WRITING A GENERAL BUSINESS OR SALES LETTER

AIDA : “Four Letters That Sell” Or, Sequence of Letter Content
How To Write A Business Letter by Malcolm Forbes
업무용 편지 작성 요령 : Bilingual Version: English & Korean Together

PART 9 TWO RADIO SCRIPTS FROM V.O.A. SPECIAL ENGLISH

V.O.A. Special English on Radio - What Makes Special English Special?

Engineers Without Borders (Transcript) : Engineering Low-Tech Solutions
Questions on Engineers Without Borders
도움이 필요한 개발 도상국들을 위한 로우테크(low-tech) 해결 방안 설계
Past Tense Verbs : V.O.A. Wright Brothers, with Hints on Pronunciation
The Wright Brothers (Transcript)
Powered Flight : In English! Simple calculations of time and distance

Teaching Points:
Doing math calculations using input data in English

PART 10 MANUALS

Instruction Manuals / Owner’s Manuals / Users Manuals

A Brief Review Before We Get Into Manuals
Introduction to Manuals (Lecture Content)
Electric Kettle Booklet
What Is CE Marking?
Questions on Electric Kettle Booklet

Electric Shaver Manual
Questions on Electric Shaver Manual
Memo : Pilot Light

Teaching Points: Features; Fonts; Organizing Methods; CE Marking
Graded Assignment : Instruction Manuals 20%

PART 11 RULES OF THUMB

(R.O.T.), Some Definitions
Some Rules Of Thumb, Cited

Picture This! Draw & label a simple diagram to show Rule of Thumb info.
Teaching Points: Work with brief “technical” descriptions, written in English.

PART 12 TECHNICAL WRITING FOR PUBLICATION

Academic & Professional Publication

Code of Ethics (Excerpt) National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) [U.S.A.]
Definition of Plagiarism
Difference Between Scholarship And Theft : Simply Giving Credit Where It Is Due

Press / News Release
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech (HMMC), Press Release & Exercise (Create Your Own)
Advanced Academic Reading:

Advance Vocabulary for “How to read a scientific paper critically”
How to read a scientific paper : critically!
과학논문을 비판적으로 읽으려면
Korean language version & critical commentary

Advanced Academic Writing
Proofread & Re-write a Medical Research excerpt
Fair Use Guidelines: U.S. Copyright Office

Teaching Points: Write shorter sentences. Use spell check.
Write active sentences as much as possible.
Use Readability statistics to improve your written work.
Read all professional writing critically!

PART 13 WRITING IS A TECHNOLOGY

Five Hundred Years of Printing (Illustration)
Writing Is A Technology (An Essay in English)
Assignment : Find The Key Points (Class Exercise)
Hunminjeongeum, Proclaimed 1446 (Illustration)
글쓰기는 기술이다.
Revised Romanization, Proclaimed July 7, 2000
Modern Hangul Characters
UNESCO/ Jikji Memory of the World Prize

Teaching Points: Find Key Ideas in Summaries and Abstracts
A Brief History of Writing and Printing
Koreans’ Leading Role in Print Technology

PART 14 SUPPORTING STUDENTS’ SUCCESS

DAY ONE Revisited : Course Goals, Two Secrets
시험을 잘 치기 위한 요령
Tips For Taking Exams
EQUILIBRIUM or, The Keys To The Kingdom, Homage to Rudolf Flesch

PART 15 Q & A

Part 1, T-W, Def’n & Descr’n, KV
Part 2, Write Passive Sentences in ACTIVE form
Part 9, Medical Excerpt, Answers to Exercises A & B
Part 9, Medical Excerpt, Titled & Re-written, with New Statistics
Part 10-A, Q & A, Engineers Without Borders
Part 10-B, VOA, Powered Flight : Answers
Part 11-A, Electric Kettle Booklet, Q & A
Part 11-B, Shaver Manual, Q & A
Part 11-C, Shaver Manual, More Answers
Part 13, ANSWERS on Writing Is A Technology Assignment

COURSE REVIEW QUESTIONS

Photo Credits : Covers

How To Write A Business Letter
By Malcolm Forbes
업무용 편지 작성 요령 (Malcolm Forbes)

Write so readers enjoy it:
상대방이 읽는 것을 즐길 수 있도록 써라.
Write the entire letter from the reader’s point of view. What's in it for the reader? Beat the reader to the draw by answering the questions and objections that might arise.

편지 전체를 독자들의 입장에서 생각하여 작성하라. 상대방을 위해 무엇을 편지에 담았는가? 발생 가능한 질문이나 반론에 대하여 미리 답해 둠으로써 상대방보다 앞서 나가도록 하라.

· Be positive. The reader will be more receptive to what you have to say.

긍정적으로 쓰라. 그러면 상대도 당신이 말해야 하는 내용에 더욱 잘 수긍할 것이다.

· Be nice. Contrary to the clich?, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. I admit it's not easy when you've got a gripe. To be agreeable while disagreeing??that's an art.

친절 하라. 속설과는 반대로, 진정한 의미로 선한 사람들이 승리하거나 그것에 가까이 갈 경우가 많은 것이다. 불만이 있을 때 친절하기 쉽지 않다는 것은 인정하지만 서로 다른 의견을 가지고 있으면서도 합의할 수 있는 것이야 말로 대화의 기술이다.
· Be natural. Write the way you talk. Imagine the reader sitting in front of you??what would you say? Business jargon too often is cold, stiff, and unnatural. Suppose I came up to you and said, "I acknowledge receipt of your letter and I thank you." You'd think, "Huh? You're putting me on."

자연스럽게 하라. 말을 하는 것처럼 글을 써라. 독자가 앞에 앉아 있다고 상상할 때 뭐라고 말하겠는가? 업무용 전문 용어는 종종 너무 차갑고, 딱딱하고, 부자연스럽다. 당신에게 다가가서 “나는 당신의 편지를 받은 것을 정식 인정한다. 감사한다. ” 라는 식으로 어색하게 말한다면 당신은 아마도 “허? 날 놀리고 있군.” 이라고 생각할 것이다.