Tommy Montoya

ENGL 218G

1/30/17

What is TSC?
Technical and scientific communications is a process of managing technical information in ways that
allow people to take action according to Johnson-Sheehan (2011).

What is TSC all about?

What encompasses technical writing is being able to present information in the most structured
and clear way in order for the audience to interpret what is being presented to them. The context
being communicated to the audience from the author is best interpreted when it is easy to
understand. Technical writing is all about organization, structure, and communication.

Important elements of TSC

Structure- Formatted in a way that that is easy to navigate and is easily properly layered
depending on the information given.
Organization- Organized depending on the context it contains and looks clean and clear.
Appeals to the eye- When looked at, all information appear neat and appeals to the reader.
Understandability- The context is easy to understand and no confusion can be made while reading
the context.

What are good examples of TSC?

In class we discussed several examples of technical communication. The examples ranged from tweets, to
posters, even to websites. Of the examples shown in class, some were well constructed and were great
examples of technical communication, while some of them were terrible examples.

Good Examples Bad Examples

Dillards website home page- It was neat,
simple, easy to navigate, and presented
information for all of its audiences.
Organized example paper written by Justin
Lewis- Organized, clean, easy to ready,
appealing to the eyes.
Dublins Street Pub Poster- It was cluttered
and unorganized, the Dublins logo was
presented too many times, and unimportant
information had a larger font than useful
information.
Unorganized example paper written by
Justin Lewis- Big block of writing,
unorganized, grammar mistakes, and it was
hard to follow along while reading

Reference
Johnson-Sheehan, R. (2011). Technical communication strategies for today. Boston: Longman.