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Teaching Intercultural Communication in a Basic Technical Writing Course: A Survey of Our Current Practices and Methods | Technical Communication 2012
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Oulu University Technical Communication Blog 2012. Teaching Intercultural Communication in a Basic Technical Writing Course: A Survey of Our Current Practices and Methods. Matveeva, N. 2008. Teaching Intercultural Communication in a Basic Technical Writing Course: A Survey of Our Current Practices and Methods. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. I chose this article to share because I think it is interesting to see how Intercultural Communication factors into Technical Communication. Aspect o...
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Gestalt, Spatial Cues and Readers | Technical Communication 2012
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Oulu University Technical Communication Blog 2012. Gestalt, Spatial Cues and Readers. Schriver, K. A., Using Gestalt Principles to Understand Readers’ Interpretations of Spatial Cues in DYNAMICS IN DOCUMENT DESIGN, p. 303-326; New York: 1997. This article caught my attention because I am interested in graphical/optical design of texts and documents and how this design can be used to guide a reader or influence the perception of the text. Perception is an active process. When people perceive a visual fiel...
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Interpretive Discourse and Other Models from Communication Studies: Expanding the Values of Technical Communication | Technical Communication 2012
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Oulu University Technical Communication Blog 2012. Interpretive Discourse and Other Models from Communication Studies: Expanding the Values of Technical Communication. Williams, S.D. 2010. Interpretive Discourse and Other Models from Communication Studies: Expanding the Values of Technical Communication. J TECHNICAL WRITING AND COMMUNICATION, Vol. 40(4), 429-446. In spite of a few historical moves to expand technical communication, the field remains firmly lodged in a single paradigm a single discourse t...
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Multilingual Context | Technical Communication 2012
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Oulu University Technical Communication Blog 2012. By: Winberg, Christine; van der Geest, Thea; Lehman, Barbara; Nduna, Joyce. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 2010, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p299-308, 10p; DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2010.545032. Teaching technical writing in multilingual contexts: A meta-analysis. 8211; The article deals with different aspects of technical writing, and what kinds of things are hard or easy for the ESL student to master. 8211; At times, ESL students too verbo...
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Conflict in Collaboration | Technical Communication 2012
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Oulu University Technical Communication Blog 2012. Burnett, R. E., Conflict in Collaborative Decision-Making, in Blyler, N. R. and Thralls, C. (eds.) Professional Communication – The Social Perspective; Newbury Park: 1993. Introduction of the thesis. Four issues this survey has to deal with. 8211; Focus on co-authors: Co-authors with equal rights and work load in a document provide the best focus group for this survey, since substantive conflict is more likely to occur during decision-making;. 8211; Qual...