Service index：

• [ Introduction ]
  
• Online tutoring
  
• Online editing and proofreading service
  
• Writing style handouts for Chinese technical writers
  
• Discussion Forum:Writing and Publishing in English
  
• Online Writing guide
• Technical correspondence file
  
• Multimedia Language Classroom
  
  
  
  

• Technical writing - graduate level (asynchronous learning)
• Technical writing - graduate level one
• Technical writing - graduate level two
  
• Technical English - undergraduate level (junior year)
• Translation - undergraduate level (sophomore year)
• Composition - undergraduate level (sophomore year)
  
• ESL Certificate of Technical Communication
  1. Copyediting
  2. Technical correspondence
  3. Organizing the research paper
  4. On-line English Oral Presentations
  5. Writing Effective Study Plans
  6. Writng Effective Work Proposals
  7. Writing Effective Employment Application Statements
  8. Developing Negotiating Skills
  9. Writing in the Workplace
  10. Technical Promotional Writing
  11. Writing Successful Proposals
      

Conciseness

1. Write for Conciseness
2. Use Active Voice Frequently
3. Use Verbs Instead of Nouns
4. Create Strong Verbs
5. Avoid Overusing Sentences that Begin with It and There
6. Delete Redundant and Needless Phrases

Clarity

1. Write for Clarity
2. Ensure Subject and Verb Agreement
3. Ensure that Pronoun References are Clear in Meaning
4. Create Sentences Parallel in Structure and Meaning
5. Eliminate Modifier Problems
6. Double Check for Faulty Comparisons and Omissions
7. Avoid Unnecessary Shifts in a Sentence
8. Combine Conciseness and Clarity

Alternative words

1. Beginning level
2. Intermediate level
3. Advanced level

• Editing for Conciseness and Clarity
• Editing for Chinese-English Colloquial Habits
• Writing Technical Correspondence
• Introducing Technical Writing
• Writing Efficient Study Plans
• Writing Effective Work Proposals
• Outlining the Work Proposal (part one): Describing the Project Background
• Outlining the Work Proposal (part two): Describing the Plan to solve the Problem
• Writing the Problem Statement
• Writing a Hypothesis Statement for the Work Proposal
• Writing the abstract (part one): briefly introducing the background, objective and methodology
• Writing the abstract (part two): summarizing the anticipated results of the project and its overall contribution to a particular field
• Writing Effective Application Statements

• Science and Technology Magazine (Taiwan), January 15,1995
• United Daily Evening News ( Taiwan), September 8, 1998
• World Journal(San Francisco), September 10, 1998
• The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), Feb. 2000
• The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, April 2000
• China Times (Taipei), April 20, 2000
• United Daily News (Taiwan),June 9,2000
• Liberty Times (Taiwan), April 20,2000
• The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, May 2000
• The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), May, 2000
• The 2001 Microsoft Education Solution Show, April 2001
  
• Presented at the International Conference on Computers in Education ICCE 2001 (Seoul, Korea), November 11-14, 2001
• The Voice of National Chiao Tung University ( NCTU) Alumni Magazine, June , 2002

 

[ The Chinese Technical Writers Series ]

1. An English Style Approach for Chinese Technical Writers
   

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2. English Oral Presentations for Chinese Technical Writers
   

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3. A Correspondence Manual for Chinese Technical Writers
   

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4. An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical Writers
   

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5. Advanced Copyediting Practice for Chinese Technical Writers
   

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[The Chinese Professional Writers Series]

1. Writing Effective Study Plans
   

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2. Writing Effective Work Proposals
   

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