Summary of the last class

Summary for last class of Technical report writing                                                                                 

In the last class the teacher give the students a task. The students were asked to write about the topics which were discussed in the previous class. The idea was to make the students understand the behavior of technical writing; how it should be, and how it should not be. Apparently the students could not meet the precise needs of technical writing for which the lecture went on. The teacher told the students about three paradigms of writing: 1.)Business writing  2.)Technical writing  3.)research writing and explained the difference between research writers and business writers and the mind set they have while writing. Although there were different discussions on different topics but the main idea of the lecture was understanding the true means of technical writing. Three major points were told about  how a writer should plan his writing. They are as follows:

1) The first and the foremost thing which a writer should think about is the kind of readers he is addressing to.

2) Secondly, the writer should be clear about what he has to write, he should be aware of his objective.

3)  And most importantly the writer should be conclusive. All of his arguments must lead to a conclusion. They should not only be based on facts but also should have a conclusion in the end.

At the end the teacher listed a few points on writing style and strategic elements for technical writing.