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Intramuros, Manila
College of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Education
LANGUAGES AREA
School Year 2005-2006
2nd semester
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Rationale :
Writing is an essential activity that is required of both students and professionals. As a student, one finds writing as an indispensable tool for a
majority of his learning tasks, such as note-taking, composition writing, research writing and many other writing activities. As a professional, one
realizes that the ability to write effective correspondence and documents is not only a job requirement, but a plus factor as well. In either case,
knowledge and skill in technical writing are both essential and beneficial.
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Course Objectives :
General Objective:
At the end of the semester, students are expected to have full comprehension of the fundamentals of technical writing and to be able to apply them in
actual writing activities.
Specific Objectives:
Cognitive:
Affective:
Psychomotor:
Think through writing situations and create written reports and technical literature that will effectively present
information to meet the readers needs.
Appreciate the values and significance of effective technical writing.
Apply the standards of good technical writing style in creating reports, documents and a variety of technical literature.
Specific Objectives
Subject Matter
Values
Integrated
Strategies
Teaching
Methodologies
Instructional
Materials
Evaluation
Time
Frame
Expected Outcome
Awareness of the
significance of
technical writing
in the field of
education.
Lectures
Class
discussion
Reference
book
Written
examination
Week 1
Understood fully
the nature of
technical writing
Comprehend the
basic principles on
which good technical
writing is founded
Basic principles of
technical writing.
Appreciation of
the principles on
which technical
writing is
anchored.
Lectures
Group
discussions
Reference
book
Visual Aids
Oral
presentation
Week 2
Comprehended the
basic principles on
which good
technical writing is
founded.
Determine the
properties of
technical writing and
the ways of achieving
them
Properties of
technical writing.
Knowledge of
the properties
that characterize
technical writing
Classroom
activity
Worksheets
Oral
examination
Week 3
Determined the
properties of
technical writing
and the ways
through which they
can be achieved
Basic aspects of
technical writing.
Awareness of the
distinction
between the two
basic aspects of
technical writing
Lectures
Class
discussion
Reference
book
Written
examination
Week 4
Understood the
basic aspects of
technical writing
A. Technical
literature (end
products of technical
writing)
Awareness of the
different
technical papers
that are most
commonly used
in the academe
B. Skills needed in
the preparation of end
products
1. Outline
2. Organization
1. Style
2. Format
3. Graphic aids
4. Special
techniques
a. Definition
- what to
define
- method of
definition
- rules to
follow
- where to
place
definition
Lecture
Class
discussion
Samples of
technical
reports/
literature
Oral
presentation
Week 5
Identified the
different types of
technical
reports/literature
common in the
academe
Skills in
Oral report
preparing
Class
technical reports/ discussion
literature
Hand-outs
Written
examination
Week
79
Developed the
skills on the
accuracy and
conciseness in
preparing technical
papers out of given
data
Competence in
defining terms
and expressions
Hand-outs
Written
examination
Week
10
Clarified the
problem of what
should be defined in
technical writing,
methods of defining
what needs to be
defined and where
definitions can be
most effectively
placed
Oral report
Class
discussion
Understand the
fundamentals and
classifications and
partition and identify
the rules to follow in
presenting a
classification
b. Classification and
Partition
- when to use
- rules to
follow
- writing
procedures
Ability to
analyze things in
the environment
using accurate
bases for making
judgments
Oral report
Class
discussion
Handouts
Written
examination
Week
11
Understood the
fundamentals and
classifications and
partition in
presenting a
classification
Learn how to
organize details of
description, manner
of presenting and the
use of illustrations to
reinforce textual
description
c. Description
- parts of the
presentation
- principles of
organization
- illustrations
Creativity in
organizing and
presenting
details of
description
Oral report
Class
discussion
Handouts
Group
writing
activity
Week
12
Learned how to
organize details of
description, manner
of presenting and
the use of
illustrations to
reinforce textual
description
c. Process I and
Process II
- parts of the
presentation
- Style (mood
and voice)
Accuracy in
giving
instructions
Oral report
Class
discussion
Handouts
Graded
board work
Week
13-14
Learned when to
use Process I and
Process II
Apply fundamentals
and techniques of
technical writing to
actual process of
writing and
presenting technical
Writing technical
reports/ literature
A. Research paper
B. Lesson plans
C. Modules
D. Formal reports
Appreciation of
the writing
activities in the
academe
Lectures
Guided writing
Activities
Reference
book
Samples of
technical
reports/
literature
Output of
writing
activities
Week
15-18
Applied
fundamentals and
techniques of
technical writing
with emphasis on
organizatuion and
E. Business letters
mechanics
References:
Magpayo, Erlinda et.al. Contemporary Technical English. Manila: Adamson Press, 1996.
Mills, Gordon H. and John A. Walter. Technical Writing. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishing Company, 1981.
Nem Singh, Rosario P. and Jovita A. Calixihan. Fundamentals of Technical Writing. San Juan: MG Reprographics, 1994.
Pauley, Steven E. Technical Report Writing Today. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.
Romero, Perlita P., Violeta A. Llanes and Romulo M. Ricafranca. Techno-Business Report Writing. Quezon City: Katha Publishing Company, 1985.
Vicente, Corazon, Wenceslawa Soria and Ernani Mogol. Technical Writing. Manila: Technology Supply Inc., 1976.
Villamin, Araceli, et.al. Innovative Strategies in Communication Arts. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 1994.
Requirements:
Attendance
Quizzes and long exams
Class participation
Oral report
Assignment
Writing activity report
Modules
Grading System:
Midterm Grade:
Class Standing
Quizzes
Mid-term Exam
Pre-Final Grade:
- 30%
- 30%
- 40%
100%