Re: need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources

Subject: Re: need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources
From: "Moshe Kruger (AllWrite)" <moshe -dot- kruger -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Patricia Egan" <capdev -dot- communications -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:20:18 +0200

I have a list of books and related websites on my website:

http://allwrite-design.com/Resources

Enjoy!

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Patricia Egan <
capdev -dot- communications -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Lev,
>
> You should contact the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. The
> list manager is Sam Dragga at Texas Technical University,
> sam -dot- dragga -at- ttu -dot- edu
> .
>
> Pat
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Lev Abramov <lev -dot- abramov -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> > > What would be the advantage of your material to already existing
> frontal
> > or
> > > online courses?
> > > Erika
> > >
> >
> > well... YATWC. Yet Another Technical Writing Course. With a solid
> > background
> > in online pedagogy, I expect the course to be pedagogically consistent
> > (which is far from being always the case: I have seen lots of courses
> > offering good materials at e-lecture level, but not enough in terms of
> > training = activities that ensure skill development and transfer).
> >
> > I also expect the course to be almost entirely asynchronous to ensure it
> > fully utilizes the main advantage of e-learning - Anytime Anywhere. Many
> > courses either include residency requirements or too many synchronous
> > activities, which effectively neutralizes the above advantage.
> >
> > Finally, I see this as an attempt to develop a course custom-tailored for
> a
> > specific population from the point of view of their mother tongue (some
> of
> > the participants are not native speakers of English) and future
> employment
> > perspectives.
> >
> > So far, I have come across three titles that look promising:
> >
> > Technical Writing: A Practical Approach, 5th Ed. (Pfeiffer, Paperback,
> > Prentice Hall)
> >
> > Technical Writing: Process and Product, 4th Ed. (Illustrated) (Gerson,
> > Paperback, Prentice Hall)
> >
> > Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, and Readings, 5th Ed. (Reep,
> > Paperback, Longman Pub Group )
> >
> > Any opinion about any one of these?
> >
> > TIA -
> >
> > Lev
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References:
need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources: From: Lev Abramov
RE: need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources: From: Erika Yanovich
Re: need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources: From: Lev Abramov
Re: need recommendations for beginner-level TW books/textbooks and resources: From: Patricia Egan

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