Syllabus
(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).
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(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
