Discusses the notions of "word,""term," and "expression," and various semantic relationships with which the technical translator must deal. (AM)

The expansion of legal writing programs, justification for such action, and the elements of legal writing are outlined. The place of legal writing in a modern law school and special difficulties in program design are addressed. The USC program is described. Available from Union University, 80 Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208; $2.50, entire issue.…

A question is raised as to how much emphasis should be placed on the use of technical terminology in lectures, reading assignments, and tests, particularly in introductory college courses, if all that is facilitated pertains to factual recall. (JD)

Suggests steps for a teacher preparing to teach a technical writing course for the first time. Stresses materials with which the teacher should be familiar and the need for making contacts with local people in business and industry as well as with faculty members. (TJ)

Recounts the rationale and design of an ongoing attempt to use sentence-combining as a basic component of an effective instructional technology and to integrate that technology into a course in technical exposition. (TJ)

Describes the integration of a library orientation session with an information resources assignment in which students write papers describing resources available in their particular areas of specialty. (TJ)

Outlines a basic writing skills course and provides statistics drawn from an existing course at San Diego State University concerning students' performance in the areas of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (FL)

Describes the steps in writing a textbook and this task's associated problems and rewards. (WB)

Recently published books on scientific writing are reviewed. The authors of these books lament the poor quality of writing in scientific manuscripts and argue that many papers are unclear, verbose, and confusing. Several books are practical, how-to manuals; others emphasize the art more than the craft of writing. (Author/MLW)

A college technical writing class project on preparing an instruction manual for a toy race-car set not only showed that the students recognized their audience and used appropriate language, but also provided subject matter for other coursework. (RL)

Presents the history of a graduate course on the teaching of technical communication, its content, goals and achievements. (RL)

Poses questions--and some answers--essential to the development and expansion of technical communication offerings beyond the basic course in technical writing. (RL)

Discusses technical writing textbooks and assignments that can be used in advanced courses in technical writing. (RL)

Outlines a technical writing course in which the students collaborate in writing a technical writing handbook. The course includes traditional lectures as well as small and large group work on various aspects of writing the handbook. (TJ)

Describes a technical writing course in which four sessions were taught jointly by a writing instructor and a counselor to help students link job-hunting skills with writing skills. Includes the schedule for the four sessions. (TJ)