Huckin, Thomas N.
English for Science and Technology : A Handbook for Nonnative Speakers / Thomas N. Huckin and Leslie A. Olsen. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 1983. - 549 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
CONTENTS IN BRIEF
Prefece
Part I Introduction
1 Why Study Technical Communication?
Part II Review of Basic Writing Principles
2 Writing Paragraphs
3 Parallelism
Part III Elements in Preparing to Communicate
4 Audiences
5 Basic Types and Patterns of Argument
6 Orienting the Nonspecialist: The Foreword or Introduction an Summary
Part IV Visual Elements
7 Visual Elements
Part V Major Genres of Technical Reporting
8 The Oral Presentation
9 Technical Reports
10 The Proposal
11 The Business Letter
12 The Technical Article
Part VI Readability
13 Making Your Writing Readable: Information Selection
14 Making Your Writing Readable: Information Ordering
15 Making Your Writing Readable: Editing for Emphasis
16 Connectives
17 Countability and Indefinite Article
18 The Definite Article
19 Relative Clauses
20 Cohesion
21 Modal Verbs
22 Verbs
23 Proofreading
24 Vocabulary Building
Appendixes
A Punctuation
B Informal Conversational Expressions
C Pronunciation
Index
0070308217 (hc)
Technical writing.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English for Science and Technology : A Handbook for Nonnative Speakers / Thomas N. Huckin and Leslie A. Olsen. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 1983. - 549 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
CONTENTS IN BRIEF
Prefece
Part I Introduction
1 Why Study Technical Communication?
Part II Review of Basic Writing Principles
2 Writing Paragraphs
3 Parallelism
Part III Elements in Preparing to Communicate
4 Audiences
5 Basic Types and Patterns of Argument
6 Orienting the Nonspecialist: The Foreword or Introduction an Summary
Part IV Visual Elements
7 Visual Elements
Part V Major Genres of Technical Reporting
8 The Oral Presentation
9 Technical Reports
10 The Proposal
11 The Business Letter
12 The Technical Article
Part VI Readability
13 Making Your Writing Readable: Information Selection
14 Making Your Writing Readable: Information Ordering
15 Making Your Writing Readable: Editing for Emphasis
16 Connectives
17 Countability and Indefinite Article
18 The Definite Article
19 Relative Clauses
20 Cohesion
21 Modal Verbs
22 Verbs
23 Proofreading
24 Vocabulary Building
Appendixes
A Punctuation
B Informal Conversational Expressions
C Pronunciation
Index
0070308217 (hc)
Technical writing.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.