La Salle College Antipolo City Tertiary Education Unit COURSE SYLLABUS Eng.

4- TECHNICAL WRITING 1st Semester, SY 2012-2013 COURSE DESCRIPTION Principles and procedure of technical writing; attention to analyzing audience and purpose, organizing information, designing graphic aids, and writing such specialized forms as abstracts, instructions, and proposals. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. At the end of the course, the students are expected to: demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with the nature of technical writing and the qualities of technical style; apply the principles of letter writing to various types of technical communications demonstrate a knowledge of writing various types of short reports; gather, analyze, and organize needed data for writing a formal research report; use graphics effectively in required technical documents; analyze writing situations to understand your audiences and your purposes for writing create documents that fulfill your purposes and your audiences needs develop skills with technologies like email, computer graphics, and the web Professor: Dennis Nio A. Ancheta

COURSE REQUIREMENTS A. Written outputs B. Assignments C. Quizzes/Exams D. Portfolio E. Class Participation and Behavior F. Attendance/Punctuality

GRADING SYSTEM* Outputs - 40% Performance in group/Project/activities/Presentation - 30% Exam/Project - 30% *as applied in every term COURSE OUTLINE
Week Week 1 Weeks 2-4 Topic A. Preliminaries B. Overview of the Course I. Overview of Technical Writing A. Definition and Nature of Technical Writing B. Properties of Technical Writing C. Basic Principles of Technical Writing D. Styles in Technical Writing E. The Role of Technical Writing F. The Holistic Guide of Technical Writing G. End-products of Technical Writing II. Information Structure/Techniques in Technical Writing A. Distinction between Technical and Literary Writing B. Formal Definition C. Description Mechanism D. Process Description E. Classification F. Cause and Effect G. Comparison and Contrast H. Analogy PRELIM III. Types of Technical Report A. Report Layout B. Formal Report Format C. Memorandum Report D. Letter Report E. Bulletins F. Abstract G. Proposal Activity Discussion of syllabus, requirements, grading system Lecturediscussion Presentations Lecture-discussion

Weeks 5-6

Presentations Lecture-discussion Concept mapping Long Test

Weeks 7-9

Brainstorming Presentations Lecture-discussion Structural analysis of some samples Individual Task

Weeks 10-11

H. Research Report I .Feasibility Study IV. Business Letter A. Definition and Purpose B. Elements and Characteristics C. Format and Styles D. Types of Business Letters E. Resume and Cover Letters MIDTERM V. Process and Guidelines in Technical Writing A. Writing process: from audience to rough draft B. Audience analysis C. Task analysis D. Power-revision techniques E. Libraries, documentation, cross-referencing F. Basic patterns and elements of the sentence G. Common grammar, usage, punctuation problems H. Common spelling problems VI. Graphic Aids A. Bar Chart B. Line Chart C. Tables D. Circle or Pie Chart E. Surface or Strata Chart F. Map Charts G. Flow Charts H. Flow Sheets I. Diagrams J. Figures K. Photographs L. Drawings M. Important Points in Handling Graphics VII. Contemporary Communication A. E-mail B. Internet C. Desktop Publishing D. Hypertext E. Others

Presentations Lecture-discussion Structural analysis of some samples Individual Task

Weeks 12-14

Presentations Lecture-discussion Individual Task

Weeks 15-16

Brainstorming Presentations Lecture-discussion Structural analysis of some samples Individual Task

Week 17

Brainstorming Presentations Lecture-discussion Structural analysis of some samples Individual Task

Week 18

Synthesis ENDTERM

Portfolio Making (in-class exercises, activities, task and assessments)

REFERENCES Manalo, E. & Fermin, V. (2007). Technical and Report Writing. Quezon City: ECC Graphics Inc. Vicente, C. et. Al. (2004). Technical Writing. Quezon City: National Bookstore Inc.