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TECHNICAL

WRITING
Junema A. Samiling, MAEd
EARNING OUTCOMES
L
3. RELAY FINDINGS ON
1. PRESENT THE
THE STRENGTHS AND
NATURE OF
WEAKNESSES IN
TECHNICAL
WRITING TECHNICAL
WRITING.
PAPER
2. DIFFERENTIATE
TECHNICAL WRITING 4. REFLECT ON
WITH THE OTHER A LEARNING
TYPES OF WRITING. EXPERIENCE.
KNOWLEDGE
ACTIVATORS
Come up with a word or phrase that can
be associated with “technical writing.”
Use semantic web to clearly show the
relationship of ideas on technical writing.
DE-BRIEFING
QUESTIONS
 What does technical writing mean?
 Do you think technical writing is
different from other ways of writing, such
as academic writing, essay writing, poetry
writing, news item writing, and other ways
of writing? Give reasons for your answer.
FUNDAMENTALS
OF TECHNICAL
WRITING
TECHNICAL WRITING
is your act of communicating, through
writing, whatever you think and feel about
your job, business, industry, profession, and
organization.
It is “on the -job -writing”
TECHNICAL WRITING
producing written outputs about these
three fields of knowledge: Science,
Technology and Engineering.
 PURPOSE OF
TECHNICAL
WRITING
2. TO PROPOSE
ACTION
1. TO REQUEST
ACTION
3. TO
RECOMMEND
ACTION
SUBJECT
MATTER OF
TECHNICAL
WRITING
THE CONTENT
The content of technical writing is
objective information that is
accurately and clearly presented.
DATA
Technical writing records data in
business, science, engineering,
industry and in all formal aspects of
professional areas.
OVER-ALL...
It is highly specific and detailed.
 CHARACTERISTICS
OF TECHNICAL
WRITING
TECHNICAL TECHNICAL
STYLE FORMAT
simple Three-part format
grammaticality Mechanical neatness
vocabulary visual illustration
scientific/technical terms tables and graphs
appropriate word choice drawing and diagrams
computer-generated visuals
and photos
READERS OF
TECHNICAL
WRITING
a person with senior
managerial responsibility
in a business
organization.

a person without
professional or
specialized knowledge in
a particular subject. • EXECUTIVE

• LAYMAN
a person employed to
look after technical
equipment or do practical
work in a laboratory.
a person who has a
comprehensive and
authoritative knowledge
of or skill in a particular
• TECHNICIAN
area.

• EXPERT
a person who operates
equipment or a machine.

• OPERATOR
 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
TECHNICAL WRITING
1. TECHNICAL WRITING IS WRITTEN FOR A SPECIFIC
PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE ASSUMED
TO BE INTELLIGENT BUT UNINFORMED.

2. TECHNICAL WRITING IS WRITTEN FOR A PURPOSE.


ALL WORDS IN THE SENTENCE- ALL SENTENCES IN THE
PARAGRAPH; ALL PARAGRAPHS IN THE COMPOSITION-
MUST CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTENDED PURPOSE.
 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
TECHNICAL WRITING
3. TECHNICAL WRITING USES SIMPLE, CONCRETE,
AND FAMILIAR LANGUAGE.

4. TECHNICAL WRITING SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE


THREE PARTS; INTRODUCTION, CONTENTS, AND
CONCLUSION.
 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
TECHNICAL WRITING
5. TECHNICAL WRITING MUST BE PRESENTABLE AND
ATTRACTIVE.
TECHNICAL WRITING VERSUS
OTHER TYPES OF WRITING
“CREATIVE WRITING VERSUS
TECHNICAL WRITING”
TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING

Technical Writing is Can be fiction,


always nonfiction. nonfiction, or a
With the purpose of combination of both.
educating or instructing. Can serve any purpose.
Technical Writing is never Nonrestrictive,
meant to entertain. encompassing goals
from education to
entertainment.
“CREATIVE WRITING VERSUS
TECHNICAL WRITING”
TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING

The audience for Can be about any


Technical Writing can be subject.
divided into a technical Audiences tend to be
and a non-technical divided among age,
audience. hobby, taste, or interest
(unlimited)
“CREATIVE WRITING VERSUS
TECHNICAL WRITING”
TECHNICAL WRITING CREATIVE WRITING

Clarity, brevity, and Establishing a voice


accuracy are integral to that appropriately
the voice being used in serves the subject
Technical Writing. matter and audience
for which it is being
written.
Academic
Writing Vs
Technical
Writing –
What Is
Harder?
COMPARISON BETWEEN ACADEMIC
WRITING AND TECHNICAL WRITING
ACADEMIC WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING

The purpose of academic The purpose of


writing is to represent the technical writing is to
result obtained from describe the working of
one’s academic research. a product or steps
In some cases, it is also involved in a process.
used to show some one's
point of view about a
topic.
COMPARISON BETWEEN ACADEMIC
WRITING AND TECHNICAL WRITING
ACADEMIC WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING

Academic papers are Intended for the normal


often read by research layman or government
scholars or academic inspectors who need to
professionals who are know the task followed
interested in that by a particular
particular area. company.
COMPARISON BETWEEN ACADEMIC
WRITING AND TECHNICAL WRITING
ACADEMIC WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING
Technical writers are able
Academic writing jobs are
to convert complex
mainly for professionals
technical terms into
who already know the
simple language that can
research and academic
be understood by all.
responsibilities. Academic
Technical writers can
writers can be expert in a
specialize in a particular
particular domain like
area like medical writing,
physics, mathematics, etc.
software writing, etc.
DISEASES OF TECHNICAL
WRITING
1. CONTENT 2. ORGANIZATION
 Choppy sentences
 Limited knowledge of subject  Ideas confused or
 Shortcuts of expression disconnected
 Inadequate development of  Lack of logical sequencing
topic and development
 Little substance  Widespread sloppiness of
expression
 Unnecessary modification
3. VOCABULARY 4. LANGUAGE USE
Errors of word form, choice, Barbarously overloaded
and usage sentences
Impersonal tone Monolithic and monotonous
Confusion of meaning usage
Jargons and big words Pat phrases or clichés
 Vague words Awkward expressions
 Meaningless words Confusing sentence structures
 Sexist language Incorrect subject-verb
agreement
 Sentence fragments
 Misplaced modification
4. LANGUAGE USE  Faulty parallelism
 Wrong tenses
 Overuse of the passive voice
5. MECHANICAL
ERRORS
  Spelling
 Punctuation
 Capitalization
  Paragraphing
SUMMARY
In this lesson you learned that
technical writing conveys specific
information about a technical
subject to a specific audience for a
specific purpose. It is the practical
writing that people do as part of
their jobs.
ACTIVITIES
All activities will be done in face-to-face
modality.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!
Don't hesitate to ask any questions!

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