Using the Entire Manual: A Proposal for the Integrated Presentation of Technical Writing Information

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Apr 1987

Using the Entire Manual: A Proposal for the Integrated Presentation of Technical Writing Information

Barbara Christian Peninsula College

Abstract

Instructors in the field of technical writing must incorporate an ever increasing amount of information into their courses. They can save time and stretch the teaching potential of individual assignments by devising writing situations that combine different audiences and purposes. Such situations force students to perceive the writing activity as an integrated whole and make them evaluate different ways to present the same information. The lessons suggested in this article demonstrate the interrelationships between report types and rhetorical approaches, and they allow oral activities to arise naturally. The lessons do not interfere with the philosophical choices that an instructor has made about the proper approach to teaching report writing.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1987-04-01
DOI: 10.2190/j15f-7m0t-68br-gkrv
Open Access: Closed
Topics: technical communication

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