From the Back Cover
Basic Composition Skills for Engineering Technicians and Technologists focuses on basic composition guidelines. It covers topics such as writing practices, creating formal reports, memos, business letters, lab reports, and proposals, all with a focus on work-related writing.
The text balances the theory of composition with practical writing examples and activities through the use of various features, including:
- Sample projects – examples of student work that illustrate the concepts presented in the chapter
- Chapter summaries – highlights of each chapter that provide a quick review of the main topics
- Chapter-ending projects and activities – review and application activities that allow readers to apply the concepts presented
In addition to these features, almost every chapter includes Work in Progress case studies that help link theory and practice by highlighting the concepts presented in the chapter in terms of real-world activities. Shorter descriptions of the writing activities of engineering technicians are also included in the text. These cases come from the experiences of engineering technicians who are currently working in the field.
