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<div>For most business audiences, 5-6 weeks is a long commitment given the workplace. I regularly teach engineers in this environment. I like the advice to not condense but to build.
<div>I make sure there’s lots of time for little exercises to reinforce ideas and shift their practice from what’s old and familiar.</div>
<div> I have them do homework exercises each week but try to leverage work they’re already doing — so their homework is to send me an email they have written using a particular concept, for example. It makes a lot of marking. </div>
<div>Generally, I focus on the following areas:</div>
<div>- audience and purpose</div>
<div>- argument, structuring it, using rhetorical patterns, etc</div>
<div>- organization and making structure visible</div>
<div>- paragraph and sentence-level style for efficiency</div>
<div>- how to revise strategically</div>
<div>I use a short textbook (my own) and I actually find they read it with some diligence. </div>
<div>Good luck with it. I find working in industry informs my academic teaching wonderfully. <br>
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Rob Irish<br>
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On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:54 AM, Raymond Boxman <<a href="mailto:boxman@tauex.tau.ac.il">boxman@tauex.tau.ac.il</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Drake,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For 16 years I taught a full semester course (26 frontal hours) on scientific writing, to PhD students in the Faculty of Engineering, centered on the “research
report”. Approaching retirement, my wife Edith and I prepared a 12 hour crash course on the same subject (see the link below). There were two elements needed for the condensation. The most important was selecting which material was truly essential, and the
second was curtailing class exercises and class discussion to a minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">To succeed in your task, your “mind frame” should not be “how do I condense?”—it will lead to failure. But rather you should start with the time available as
a given, and ask yourself “what are the 15 weeks of material which is most important for the target audience?” In other words, think in terms of selection, not condensation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ray Boxman,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">From the home of:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Prof. Emeritus Raymond (Reuven) Boxman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">School of Electrical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tel Aviv University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tel: +972-3-640 7364<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cell: +972 544 634 217<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Room 507, Computer and Software Engineering Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~boxman/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~boxman/index.html</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CEO Clear Wave Ltd. –
<a href="http://clrwave.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://clrwave.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Scientific Writing Courses –
<a href="http://communicating-science.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://communicating-science.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">My email server changed, but my address remains:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:boxman@eng.tau.ac.il"><span style="color:#0563C1">boxman@eng.tau.ac.il</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also mail sent to
<a href="mailto:boxman@post.tau.ac.il"><span style="color:#0563C1">boxman@post.tau.ac.il</span></a> and
<a href="mailto:boxman@tauex.tau.ac.il"><span style="color:#0563C1">boxman@tauex.tau.ac.il</span></a> will get to me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please do not send double messages.</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ATTW-L <<a href="mailto:attw-l-bounces@attw.org">attw-l-bounces@attw.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Drake Gossi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL">יום ה 07 מרץ 2019 23:37</span><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:attw-l@attw.org">attw-l@attw.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATTW-L] condensing a 15-16 week business and tech writing course to 5-6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've been asked to design a 5-6 week business and tech writing course for a non-academic audience. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone is willing to share his/her regular, 15-16 week business and tech writing course syllabus, I will gladly take that, too, since it might prove helpful as I begin to embark on this massive condensing job. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But, more importantly, if anyone has already performed such a feat of condensing, and, if you would be willing to share materials, that would also be much appreciated. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will also happily take words of wisdom. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Drake<o:p></o:p></p>
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