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- a decision based only on a specific rule or rules and not on any other consideration: The case was dismissed on a technicality and will be retried at a later date. (Definition of technicality from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Introduction. 1b: General Features of Academic English. Academic texts are characterised by a specific style with the following four features: i) formality. ii) objectivity. iii) precision. iv) technicality. iv) Technicality. Subject-specific or technical vocabulary is essential to understanding and writing academic texts.
- Presentation and Tone
- Number, Voice, and Tense
- Conciseness
- Unambiguity
- Use of Acronyms
- Proofreading
Technical communication differs from fiction in many ways. In mystery novels the reader is kept in suspense because the writer has hidden important 1 clues that are explained at the end of the story to produce a surprise. In contrast, the readers of tech-nical writing are given the important conclusions at the beginning, followed by evidence suppor...
Most technical communication is done in the third person. Pronouns like you, I, and we are to be avoided. Only Nobel laureates may write in the first person without seeming to be pompous. Readers probably studied voice in an English class. As a reminder, examples of the different types of voice are: Active voice: Passive voice: The ice melted at 0◦...
A hallmark of good technical papers and reports is that they are as concise as is consistent with being complete and unambiguous. Most readers are busy people, and the writer should avoid wordiness and redundancy. In writing a technical report, one can often assume that the audience is familiar with the scientific and engineering terminology. Consi...
Technical writing should be unambiguous so the audience knows exactly what the writer intends. Consider the following paragraph from a student report: The cast is removed from the oven and molten metal was poured into the mold until the sprue filled. The mold is cooled until the metal is no longer red-hot. It is then placed into a water bath to rem...
Occasional use of acronyms can reduce the number of required words. Each acronym should be intro-duced by writing the full phrase out. For example, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The number of acronyms used in a paper should be kept to a mini-mum. There is no need to introduce an acronym if the term is only used two or three times. Each acrony...
All writing should be proofread, with the specific aims of checking for grammar, spelling, and word errors; eliminating repetition of words and ideas; checking the flow of thoughts; and seeing if sen-tence length is varied. Reading a manuscript aloud or rehearsing an oral presentation to oneself will reveal clumsy wording. For example, the sentence...
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Based on his courses in the Writing Program at Harvard University, Jeffrey R. Wilson’s Academic Writing is a no-nonsense guide to the long and complex writing process.
• A Technicality Analysis Model is proposed to measure the technicality of a word. • Criteria include dictionary and literal meanings, frequency, and polysemy. • The model was trialled with financial-sector-specific words.
Jul 1, 2017 · Capturing technical terms in spoken CLIL. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language…. A holistic model for identifying both single and multi-word lexical units specific to the school subject in oral classroom data is proposed, integrating corpus-linguistic and qualitative data analysis.
Level of detail: Technical information is provided, but advanced concepts are explained; application examples or comparison / contrasts often included; might acknowledge audience concerns (e.g. business or financial implications); measurements given, but may be less precise.
Apr 1, 2000 · This chapter investigates the overlap between error analysis, process-oriented writing, and a social constructivist approach to teaching and their effects on foreign language technical...
