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Define technical communication

Define technical communication. What Is Technical Communication?. Technical object or mechanism description Directional process Informational process SOP Recommendation & feasibility report. Types Of Technical Writing. Let’s Speak.

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Define technical communication

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  1. Define technical communication

  2. What Is Technical Communication?

  3. Technical object or mechanism description • Directional process • Informational process • SOP • Recommendation & feasibility report Types Of Technical Writing

  4. Let’s Speak • Without naming the object, describe it to your class. Can they guess the object? • For example: You use this in the kitchen. You use it when you’re cooking potatoes or carrots. It’s easy to use and safer than a knife. It’s made from metal. It doesn’t need batteries. It’s not expensive.

  5. What is Technical Description? • A mechanism or technical description explains and describes an object or a system. • A mechanism or technical description can vary from basic to elaborate, from miniscule to large, and from inanimate to living. • A description may have any number of parts, and each part has a specific function. The parts work together toward a definite purpose.

  6. Subject of Description • Tools and machinery (a claw hammer consists of a handle, claw, cheek, neck, and face) • Organisms (a tree consists of roots, leaves, and bark) • Substances (automotive paints contain chemicals such as toners, reducers, and hardeners) • Locations (a construction site includes terrain and buildings) • Systems (a plant includes its reproductive system)

  7. 3-minute Talk Search the internet for a technical description of one of the following objects: • Claw hammer • Tree • Bow saw • Flower

  8. A Claw Hammer Face • Flat surface used to drive a nail into a material. Cheek • The sides of the hammer head, between the claw and the face. Eye • Hollowed-out part of the hammer head into which the handle is inserted. Claw • The cleaved peen can be used to extract bent or partially driven nails.

  9. A Tree

  10. Lily Common names: lily, Asiatic lily, Oriental lilyDescription: Trumpet-shaped flowers grow to a 6-inch diameter. Stems grow to 3 feet long, carrying four to eight blossoms. Sparse foliage is dark green. Because blooms open at various times, most lilies live one to two weeks. Colors include white, yellow, pink, red and orange; many have a deeper color (freckles) on the inner petal.Special care: To prevent pollen from staining petals or clothing, remove stamens.

  11. Sources Of Description • Purpose • Size • Shape • Color • Texture/Finish – rough, smooth, wavy, shiny, dull, dark, glossy • Dimensions – l, h, w, d, w • Materials – wood, steel • Methods of attachment – screwed, nailed, glued, welded • Orientation of parts to each other – above, below, to the left/right • Capacity/Volume/Amount • Pattern/Design • Smell/Odor • Age

  12. Micro Floppy Disc • Focus on outline, sources of description and language (tense used, active vs passive voice, parts of speech, sentence structures, transitions) Let’s Read

  13. Spatial top to bottom outside to inside exterior to interior part by part component by component Sources of Description Purpose Size Shape Color Texture/Finish – rough, smooth, wavy, shiny, dull, dark, glossy Dimensions – l, h, w, d, w Materials – wood, steel Methods of attachment – screwed, nailed, glued, welded Orientation of parts to each other – above, below, to the left/right Capacity/Volume/Amount Pattern/Design Smell/Odor Age Organizing Technical Description

  14. Organizing Technical Description(part-by-part approach) See how many parts you can name for one of the following objects: • Reading glasses • Camera • Handphone • Watch

  15. Organizing Technical Description(part-by-part approach)refer Kitchen King Toaster

  16. Rayovac Flashlight • Focus on outline, sources of description and language (tense used, active vs passive voice, parts of speech, sentence structures, transitions) Let’s Read

  17. Let’s Speak Describe and talk about one of the following: Time given is three minutes.

  18. Miriam (n) is (v) a (art) very (adv) nice (adj) young (adj) woman (n). She (pro) comes (v) from (prep) Iran (n), and (conj) she (pro) is (v) studying (v) at (prep) our (adj) school (n). Parts of Speech – Basic Building Blocks(adj, adv, art, conj, n, prep, pro, v)

  19. Parts of Speech • Based on a reading text, list as many nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs as possible within 60 seconds. Refer Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W120.

  20. Organizing Technical Description

  21. Organizing Your Speech

  22. Assessment 1 (3-min. presentation of an object)

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