Topic under Purposive Communication Subject

1. Writing
Across Profession
Group IV

2. LearningObjectives
1 Differentiatetechnicalwritingfromotherformsofwriting;
2
3
Applytheguidestowritingtechnicalreportsinprofession;
Appreciatetheeffectofwritingagoodtechnicalreport.

3. Technical
Report?
Whatisa

4. Technical
Alsoknownas“ScientificReport”
• Describe the process, progress, or results of
technical or scientific research
• Includes in-depth experimental details, data,
and results.
• A formal report, designed to convey technical
information in a clear and accessible format
• Has sections to consider to substantiate the
technical aspect of the report

6. Technical
Anditsfollowingsections
TitlePage
summary
contents
introduction
body
conclusions
references
acknowledgements
appendices

7. Title Page
This includes the title of
the report. The word length
should follow the specified
length.

8. Summary
This contains a short summary
of the whole report including
important features, results and
conclusions

9. Contents
This includes numbers and lists
all section and subsection
headings with page numbers

10. Introduction
This contains the objectives of
the report and comments on
the way the topic of the report
is to be treated. This leads
straight into the report itself.

11. Body
This contains the numbered an
d headed sections and they
separate main ideas in logical
order. This is where discussion
takes place

12. Conclusions
This contains a short, logical
summing up of the theme(s)
developed in the main text

13. References
This contains the details of the
published sources of material
referred to or quoted in the
text (including any lecture
notes and URL addresses)

14. Acknowledgements
This contains the list of people
who helped you in research or
prepare the report, including
your proofreaders

15. Appendices
This contains any further
material which is essential for
full understanding of the
report, but not required by a
casual reader
IFAPPROPRIATE

16. Technical
Planningthereport
• You need to be aware of the sources of your
information
• You can include sources coming from
laboratory handouts and lecture notes
• Keep an accurate record of
all published references

17. Technical
WritingtheFirstDraft
• Begin with the main text, not the introduction
• Follow your own outline in terms of headings
and subheadings
• Write your conclusion, then your introdution

18. Technical
RevisingtheFirstDraft
• Accuracy and conciseness of the report
• Does the report say what I want and mean it
to say?
• Ensures minimalism

20. Technical
Diagrams,graphs,tables,andmath
• To help any technical report easy to understand,
the use of diagram, graphs, tables and
mathematics is considerably helpful

22. Technical
TheReportLayout
• Use a standard, 12 point font, such as the Times
New Roman, for the main text.
• You can use different font sizes, bold, italic, and
underline where appropriate

24. Technical
Headings
• To break up the text and to guide the readers
• Refer to your outline during your planning stage
3. METHODS OF HARNESSINGWAVE ENERGY
3.1 Shore-Based Systems
3.2 Deep-Water Systems
3.2.1 ‘Duck’ Devices
3.2.2 Rafts

25. Technical
OriginalityandPlagiarism
• It is assumed to be plagiarized if information that
is not common is not referenced
• Plagiarism is considered as a serious offense.
• Collusion – offense when a person copies from a
fellow student

26. Technical
FinalizingtheReport
• Should be nearly complete, with an introduction,
main text in sections, conclusions, properly form
atted references.
• Add page numbers, contents, title pages and
the summary.

27. Technical
TheSummary
• Indicate the scope of the report and give main
results and conclusions
• Must be intelligible without the rest of the report

28. Technical
Proofreading
• Checking every aspect of a piece of written work
from the content to the layout
• Necessary part of the writing process

29. Why do
we write

30. and Answer

31. Thank
You!