LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

MD 14

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

EL 2068 – ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL WRITING

 

 

 

Date : 16-04-08                  Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

I Answer any ten of the following:                                        ( 10 x 10 = 100 )

 

1. Clarify the concept of Technical Writing distinguishing it from other kinds of writing.

 

2. Write short notes on the following:
   1. Audience and Tone in Technical writing
   2. Strategies for successful TQM
   3. Chunking
   4. Colour and Graphics

 

3. Examine the importance and practical applications of team work in the

context of technical writing for business and industry.

 

4. Classify the different kinds of prewriting techniques. Give examples.

 

5. As a technical writer draft a travel brochure (promotional material) about a

tourist place in Tamilnadu. Follow the three stages of the writing process.

 

6. What are the salient features of effective designing of a document?

 

7. Give a step by step analysis of how you would design a document to be acceptable. Reformat

the following passage to improve its document design.

 

 

Let us here assume that the above figures hold true in the future. What will India be like in 2050? Almost half of India’s population would be illiterate, malnourished, abused, and unemployed—and they will be men (as the sex preference would have wiped out a large percentage of women).India’s current economic growth will not be sustainable if the government continues to neglect these problems. Without good education and health care facilities for every child, the future seems bleak, and the euphoria of India’s 60th year of independence will die down. A village leader once told me rightly, “Today’s children will grow up to be tomorrow’s leaders”. Something has to be done now! Growing up in this hostile environment, our children cannot become the nethas (leaders) of tomorrow. In a country where almost 17 million children work, there is a huge adult force that is being denied labour. Underemployment and unemployment is the plague for the youth today, and at the same time, many schools in the rural hinterlands are being closed as children are dropping out. Children are not going to school and adults are not provided jobs. Does this suggest danger? Schools are the best place to retain children from entering the workforce. If child labour is abolished the economy will increase as adults can demand better wages and work conditions. At the same time, an increase in the number of children going to school will lead to an increase in more-educated people and to a growing demand for accountability from the teachers. A village that has a good school will definitely have many poor children accessing the school.

 

 

8. Write short notes on the following:
9. e) Memo through email
10. f) Website
11. g) Internet
12. h) Attachments

 

9. Imagine that you are the national sales manager of a reputed organization.

Draft an email to all your regional managers suggesting strategies of effective

sales for the whole year/season.

 

10. Write an essay on different kinds of reports.

 

11. Write a Feasibility Report, as you are considering the purchase of new laptops

to replace the old PCs in your company.

 

12. Prepare a mind map for an oral presentation on the topic ‘Time Management’.

 

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