(1) Course
objectives (general)
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.
To
organize and write a research paper or work report in a time-efficient
manner.
(2) Course
objectives (specific)
How
can I revise my own paper by eliminating general writing style and
Chinese-English colloquial errors?
What
is the relation between technical writing and project time?
How
can I identify my reader's interests to make the paper more user
friendly?
(3) Course texts
An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical
Writers by Ted Knoy (fall semester)
Advanced Copyediting
Practice for Chinese Technical Writers by Ted Knoy (spring
semester)
(4) Course
materials
- 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
- Overcoming Chinese-English Habits in Writing" by
Ted Knoy, The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), February 2000
- A Correspondence Manual for Chinese Technical
Writers by Ted Knoy
- Technical
Correspondence: What Professionals Need to Learn by Ted Knoy, The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), May 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 Power of Chinese Writers Through Contrastive Rhetoric by
Ted Knoy, The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, May 2000.
- Writing
Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy
- Writing Effective Work Proposals by
Ted Knoy
(5) Suggested readings
technical
editing
-
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
curriculum
text
- How to
Write and Publish Engineering Papers and Reports by Herbert B.
Michaelson Second Edition
- Technical
Writing and Professional Communication for Nonnative Speakers of
English by Thomas N. Huckin and Leslie A. Olsen International edition
- How to
Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day Fourth edition
- The
Scientist's Handbook for Writing Papers and Dissertations by Antoinette
M. Wilkinson
- Handbook
of Technical Writing by Charles T. Brusaw Fourth edition
- Technical
Writing by John M. Lannon Sixth edition
- Effective
Technical Communication by Anne Eisenberg
grammatical
or style reference
- The
Mc-Graw Hill Style Manual: A Concise Guide for Writers and Editors
Edited by Marie M. Longyear
- A Manual
for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L.
Turabin Fifth edition
for
non-native speakers of English
- Writing
Up Research: Experimental Research Report Writing for Students of
English by Robert Weissberg and Suzanne Buker
- A
Handbook for Technical Communication by Jacqueline K. Neufeld
- English Oral Presentations for Chinese
Technical Writers by Ted Knoy
- Principles
and Techniques of English Oral Presentations: A Guidebook for Chinese
Managerial and Technical Professionals by Chia-Jung Tsai
- Technical
Contacts: Materials for developing listening and speaking skills for
the student of technical English by Nick Brieger and Jeremy Comfort
- Learn to
Listen; Listen to Learn: Advanced ESL/EFL Lecture Comprehension to
Develop Note-taking Skills by Roni S. Lebauer
(5) 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).
(6) Norms for class
assignments
The
instructor assesses the above assignments on the basis of the following
norms:
| Structure |
Each class assignment must be written according to
the structure taught in class. |
| 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).
|
(7) Attendance policy
出席率計算: 一次上課無故缺席扣二分, 三次上課無故缺席該科不及格
