Suggests that in order to be relevant to students, freshman English courses should emphasize contemporary readings and technical writing. (MKM)

Describes a project used in a technical writing class to teach students about questionnaires and informal reports. Tells how students work in small groups to create questionnaires, use the questionnaires on selected populations, evaluate the questionnaires, and write informal reports of the project. (TJ)

Describes the practical and persuasive functions of technical writing in business; outlines the tasks of the technical editor as they relate to direct communication and accuracy. (MAI)

Discusses the causes of student attrition in technical report writing classes; stresses the need to develop the service aspects of such courses. (MAI)

Describes the historical development, organization, and operation of a resource center of materials on technical communication. (MAI)

Suggests using field trips to motivate students in choosing topics for limited research in the field of technical writing. (MAI)

Outlines procedures for procuring and evaluating actual annual reports for business communication classes. (RL)

Draws from the theories of James Kinneavy to define technical writing, organize the technical writing course, and provide analytic depth to the course. (DD)

Examines the constraining nature of legal language, legal terminology, the differences among legal systems, problems of documentation, and an interdisciplinary approach to legal translation, and their relationship to the teaching of legal translation. (AM)

Gives some examples of how French legal texts, specifically legislation, juridical acts, judgements, and legal notices, may be rendered into English with precision and style. (AM)

Describes three types of interpretation possible in the face of bilingual legislation: (1) monolingual, in cases where the two versions agree; (2) bilingual, where one version adds to the other; and (3) bilingual, where the two versions differ. (AM)

Elaborates on the problems facing the criminological translator, as a result of cultural differences, linguistic variation, the evolution of ideologies, and, finally, the lack of adequate terminological references. (AM)

Describes an undergraduate chemistry colloquium that provides in-depth training in literature research techniques and experience in technical communication. (MLH)

Discusses a unit on technical writing which was taught as part of a high school composition course. (DD)

Describes three graduate and undergraduate pilot courses in technical writing directed toward students in environmental design, engineering, and business. (HOD)