Advance Technical Writing:

Nature and Rationale

Dr. Ailyn Grace Pantaleon-Buquid

Instructor
COURSE DESCRIPTION
• This course is designed to provide
students with skills in writing,
document design, and in using
common formatting.
• Although the written word will be the
primary focus, all of the projects will
also engage multimedia and
interactive forms of communication.
• In particular, this course is designed
to respond to current trends in
technical and professional writing
within the context of the program.
Produce different personally Create a module-type
made technical write-ups learning guide

LEARNING OUTCOMES
 technical write-ups for teachers may include:

research
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reports
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What is TECHNICAL WRITING?

• communication written for and about business and industry

• written in the work environment
• for supervisors, colleagues, subordinates, vendors, and
customers
• must be understood easily and quickly
Technical Writing VS. Other
Forms of Writing
 Compare and
Contrast
• Development
• Grammar
• Organization
• Style
• Document Design
5 Components of Technical Writing In a survey (Gerson) of over 700
technical writers (coast to coast)
asked to list important aspects of
correspondence, 98% ranked
correct grammar as an essential
component of successful writing.

People do not read

technical writing,
such as instructions,
for pleasure. The
writing is a means to
an end.
Document design refers
to the physical layout of
the correspondence.
 Technical writing is written to a
different audience for a different
purpose than essays.

The reader of technical writing does not have

time, nor necessarily the interest in the subject
matter.
End… Questions?
Thank you!