Comunicação Técnica
Code
73213126
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Rute Vilhena Costa
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To recognise the place and function of Technical Communication in the world nowadays;
Identify formal, discursive and pragmatic characteristics in a variety of samples of technical ommunication;
Analise documents and production contexts in accordance with various theoretical and rhetorical
perspectives;
Engender the use of the appropriate research methodologies in Technical Communication;
Prepare scholarship or other contributions for conferences and other academic and professional forums.
The contents of this CU were prepared with a view to integrating the practical knowledge that the students may bring from their professional backgrounds, to exemplify and discuss, in the light of contemporary theory and practice, during the seminars
Prerequisites
Subject matter
Communication in Professional contexts
Doing Technical Communication;
o Determining purpose and means
o Knowing the domain
o The reader and his/her contexto of situation
o Terminology
o The textual genre and discourse
o The document circuit
Differences in discourse in various professional communities and contexts
Collaborative communication
Preparing contents
For translation
For reuse
Revision, validation and quality assurance
Ethics and confidentiality
Bibliography
Pringle, A. S. and OKeefe, S., The State of Structured Authoring, Scriptorium, New York, 2011 (2nd ed.)
Mirel, B. & Spilka, R., Technical Communication, New Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century Laurence Erlbaum Associates, New York, 2002.
Albers. M. J.& Mazur, B. (ed) Complexity Information Design in Technical Communication, Lea Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, London, 2003.
Gurak, L. J. & Lay, M. M., Research in Technical Communication, Praeger, Westpoint, CT, 2002.
Sides, C. H. (editor) Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Baywood Publishing Company, revista trimestral de leitura recomendada.
Markel, M. (ed), Technical Communication, Bedford/St.Martin´s, Boston/New York, 2007.
Teaching method
There will be a combination of lectures in which theory presentation and discussion will take place and
practical seminars where students will be encouraged to contribute with experiences and exemplars of
technical communication, which their professional activities might generate.
Evaluation method
A research paper written on a topic agreed upon with the teacher
Oral presentation and discussion during a seminar, on the main conclusions and methodology used.
The aim is to assess whether the student shows the ability to apply theoretical foundations of this domain and knowledge of the products of technical communication to professional contexts and to research.