Professional Writing Standards Critical Thinking CRITERIA • • • • Audience Purpose Context Frame Strategic approach Logic and Reasoning • • • • Logical units of discourse Claim or assertion Idea unity and integrity Supporting evidence Structural Coherence • • • • Coherent “whole” Internal logic Section unity & integrity Transitions Language use Information Design • • • Format and channel Visual design Readability/accessibility Professionalism Error interference
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/17/martinbright.theobserver Revealed: why evil lurks in us all Study shows that crude loyalty to our social group and blind obedience make tyranny possible anywhere Martin Bright‚ home affairs correspondent The Observer‚ Sunday 17 December 2000 Psychologists have struggled for decades to explain why ordinary people participate in atrocities such as the Nazi Holocaust or the Stalinist purges. Now experiments carried out in Britain reveal that most people
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I ’ll be honest. Standard deviation is a more difficult concept than the others we ’ve covered. And unless you are writing for a specialized‚ professional audience‚ you ’ll probably never use the words "standard deviation" in a story. But that doesn ’t mean you should ignore this concept. The standard deviation is kind of the "mean of the mean‚" and often can help you find the story behind the data. To understand this concept‚ it can help to learn about what statisticians call normal distribution
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Why Immigrants Should Learn English Robert Riley Com/150 July 28‚ 2012 ToniAnn Di Re Have you ever been somewhere and a person comes up to you asking for direction‚ but they don’t speak English. It can be very difficult to help someone in that situation that is why I feel that all immigrants entering the United States for permanent stay should learn English. According to the US Census Bureau it estimates that there were approximately 37.6 million foreign-born people living in the United
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our work we interact with exceedingly capable speakers of non-native English all the time‚ from the translators and copywriters who are our colleagues to many of the clients who give us work in the first place. I am regularly blown away by the sheer competence displayed – the breadth of vocabulary‚ the grasp of idiom‚ the appreciation of (let’s face it‚ difficult) British humour – but‚ and it’s a big but‚ I can’t help wonder WHY such a strange‚ hybrid language should have become so popular. Is it
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It’s All About the Law – English Language Learners Jennifer L Givens Grand Canyon University: ESL-523N May 22‚ 2013 It’s All About the Law – English Language Learners Are English language learners a new population? Researchers would like us to believe so but the reality is that they are actually a complex group of students‚ full of diversity in their educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals‚ who have been coming to the United States for years. An English language learner is
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Why Do We Learn English The phenomenon comes into vogue that Chinese people receive English education at an early age. Even the Chinese students are willing to show off their English skills or are proud of specializing in English‚ while what the most veritable motivation for studying is English seems to be confusing. And I‚ as a typical Chinese student who has been learning English for a long time‚ was also curious about that and explained it basing on two aspects; one for the society and one
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Why must we speak English ?? 1. English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken in the technology world. 2. We need to know English language in order to study any science subject or any computer language. 3. We need to know English to communicate effectively too many developed countries. 4. English is very much important in our life‚ it is necessary in each and every field. 5. If we know English we never feel tongue tide in front of others
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What are the standards? Standards are documented agreements containing technical specifications or other precise criteria to be used consistently as rules‚ guidelines‚ or definitions of characteristics‚ to ensure that materials‚ products‚ processes and services are fit for their purpose. For example‚ the format of the credit cards‚ phone cards‚ and "smart" cards that have become commonplace is derived from an ISO International Standard. Adhering to the standard‚ which defines such features
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PSEUDOCODE STANDARD Example Pseudocode is a kind of structured english for describing algorithms. It allows the designer to focus on the logic of the algorithm without being distracted by details of language syntax. At the same time‚ the pseudocode needs to be complete. It describe the entire logic of the algorithm so that implementation becomes a rote mechanical task of translating line by line into source code. In general the vocabulary used in the pseudocode should be the vocabulary of
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