Effective Technical Communication

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Contents
Section 1 Fundamentals
	1 Communication Today
	2 Nature and Dimensions of Technical Communication
	3 Linguistic Ability and Style in Technical Communication
	4 Organisation in Technical Communication
Section 2 Listening Comprehension
	5 The Listening Process
	6 Improving Listening Comprehension
Section 3 Speaking Strategies
	7 The Speech Process
	8 Phonetics and Spoken English
	9 Oral Communication and Speaking Techniques
Section 4 Professional Speaking
	10 Job Interviews
	11 Group Discussions
	12 Presentation Skills
Section 5 Reading and Language Comprehension
	13 The Reading Process
	14 Reading Strategies
	15 Comprehension of Technical Materials
Section  6 Study Skills
	16 Note Making
	17 Summarising and Paraphrasing
	18 Referencing
Section 7 Writing Strategies
	19 Writing Effective Sentences
	20 Paragraph Writing
Section 8 Professional Writing
	21 Letter Writing
	22 Writing Sales Letters
	23 Résumés and Job Applications
	24 Writing Business Memos
	25 Email Writing
	26 Report Writing
	27 Proposal Writing
	28 Technical Article Writing
Section 9 Appendices
	Appendix A Functional Grammar Review (FGR)
	Appendix B Common Errors
	Appendix C Vocabulary Development
Index