Strategies for Teaching and Administering Technical Writing

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1980

Strategies for Teaching and Administering Technical Writing

Bevin Crodian

Abstract

This paper distinguishes Skill I, the ability to communicate with the lay audience, from Skill II, the ability to communicate with the technically expert audience. It also discusses the origins of the misunderstanding of the role of these two skills in the technical writing classroom and demonstrates how this failure works against an efficient and successful technical writing program. Some suggestions are offered to remedy this situation which, if followed, would not only remedy the existing problem but would form the base for a comprehensive technical communications curriculum.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1980-10-01
DOI: 10.2190/pa1d-u97j-4yu0-lcq2
Topics: technical communication

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