Applied Writing for Technicians with Student Tutorial CD

1st Edition

By Dale Jungk

Publication Date: Jan 15, 2004

ISBN:0078283582 / 9780078283581

Language: English

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Imprint: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education Dimensions: 10.8 X 8.5 Inches (US)

Summary
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Main Description

Applied Writing for Technicians is a text-workbook intended for use in writing courses for students in technology programs. Using the writing process, students studying various technical fields from electronics, HVAC, medical office, computer networking, and more, will develop their written communication skills while creating job-related correspondence. Coverage includes both internal and external job-related correspondence such as proposals for expenditure, and job bids, as well as routine information requests and detailed billing reports. Standard conventions and formats for letters, memos, e-mail, and other reports are also covered. This versatile text is intended for use both in classes where students are studying various technical fields, and in classes where all of the students share a common major.

Introduction

1 The Writing Process

1 Planning and Writing Messages

Applied Writing for Technicians with Student Tutorial CD

Introduction

1 The Writing Process

1 Planning and Writing Messages

2 Choosing the Best Strategies

3 Revising Your Messages

4 Editing Your Messages

5 Communicating Bad News

6 Developing Your Style and Writing an Application Letter

2 The Sentence: Purpose and Design

7 The Sentence and the Parts of Speech

8 Sentence Structure

9 More About Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

10 Agreement, Verbs and Mood, and Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

11 Capitalization

3 Punctuation and the Mechanics of Writing

12 Commas, Semicolons, and Colons

13 Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses

14 Apostrophes, Periods, Questions Marks, and Exclamation Points

4 Letter Styles and Electronic Messages: Formats and Guidelines

15 Letter Formats

16 E-Mail Messages

5 Additional Examples and Assignments

17 Cases: Examples and Assignments

Appendix A Usage Tips

Appendix B Proofreaders' Marks