Course Outline in

Technical English 1

I. Introduction
a. The Brief History of Technical Writing j. Hyphen
b. Basic Principles of Good Technical Writing k. Parentheses
c. The Purposes and Subject of Technical Writing l. Period
d. The Technical Communication and Technical m. Question Mark
e. Communicator n. Quotation Mark
f. Technical Documentation o. Semicolon
g. Language p. Slash
h. Grammar q. Miscellaneous Marks
i. Idioms
V. Mechanics
II. Words Structure a. Abbreviations
a. Words b. Capitalization
1. Classification of words c. Italics
2. Word Order d. List
b. Phrases e. Spacing
1. Classification of Phrases f. Syllabication
2. Uses of Phrases
3. Position of Phrases VI. The Civilian Letter
c. Clauses a. Basic Parts of a Civilian Letter
1. Kind of Clauses b. Special Parts of a Civilian Letter
2. Uses of Dependent Clauses c. Arrangement Styles of Civilian Letter
d. Rules on Margin and Spacing of Civilian Letter
III. Basic Grammar Review
a. Basic Elements of Grammar VII. Letters, Police Reports and Communications
b. Nouns a. Types of civilian letter
c. Pronouns 1. Application Letter
d. Verbs 2. Resume
e. Adverbs 3. Letter of Invitation
f. Adjectives 4. Letter of Inquiry
g. Conjunctions 5. Letter of Reply
h. Prepositions 6. Letter of Complaint
i. Interjections b. Police Reports
j. Sentence Structures 1. Spot Report
k. Subject and Predicate 2. Police Blotter
l. The Articles 3. Progress Report
4. Crime Report
IV. Elements of Style 5. Investigation Report
a. Punctuations
b. Ampersand
c. Apostrophe
d. Bracket
e. Colon
f. Comma
g. Dash
h. Exclamation Point
i. Ellipses