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Editing and Proofreading Skills Review
VERSION: 1.1 (March 2008)
For everyday writers looking for the next level of skill development, this course will help you acquire needed editing and proofreading techniques for every form of writing. Learn how
to edit and proofread the work of others as well as your own. Consider this a "must have" course for administrative and support staff that edit and proofread on a daily basis.
Key Benefits
- Gain confidence as an editor and proofreader of all written documents.
- Learn the "Dos" and "Don'ts" of both self-editing and editing for others.
- Learn how to edit for brief and direct content, but not at the cost of courtesy and goodwill.
- Discover the best way to proofread "live copy" from "dead copy."
Style of Instruction
Onsite: Taught by one of our instructors in a training room, using audio/visual presentations and in-class exercises.
Online: You will download text materials and instructional movies to view. You will view the materials and complete assignments at your own pace, then submit them electronically to your instructor. You may opt to meet your instructor at regular intervals in a live audio/video conference room to discuss your work. Online video narrators are Dr. Sharon Bridwell and Dwain Wheeler.
Who Should Take this Course?
Administrative assistants, office staff, and others who rewrite, edit, or proofread written documents.
Objective
You will learn to carefully edit documents of any size and any style for any purpose.
Course Contents
- Editing To Eliminate: Wordiness, False Starts, Padding, Stacked Nouns, Passive Voice, Adverb Intensifiers, Prepositional Stuffing, Imprecise Language, and Other Related Problems.
- Editing To Keep Your Tone Acceptable.
- Editing Major and Minor Grammatical Errors.
- Editing for Proper Word Choices and Punctuation Usage.
- Editing for Spelling Problems Beyond the Spell Checker.
- Dealing with the Process of Proofreading and Its Accompanying Nightmares.
- Editing To Keep Within a Readability Measurement for the Average Business Reader.
Text
Onsite participants will use Editing and Proofreading Skills Review, by Dr. Sharon Bridwell, which includes over 150 fill-in-the-blanks and several editing practice exercises. Come prepared to work through the book.
Online participants will download their materials.
Prerequisites
To profit from this course you need to:
- Write documents in understandable English.
- Slowly review the material and complete all exercises and assignments without the help of others.
- Navigate a Web site using hypertext links (online course only).
- Send and reply to e-mail messages (online course only).
What we require of you
For the onsite class, you must show up for class on time and remain until it is completed (approximately 7-8 hours each day). You will interact with other learners, complete writing exercises and projects, and ask questions when confused.
For the online class, you will take this course at your own pace. Although we estimate you can complete this course in 16 hours, you have up to ten weeks. If you are new to self-directed learning, you may find this style of learning fresh—and a bit
frightening. You learn by doing. You alone are responsible for your own learning. That means you must have the drive and discipline to see the course through.
Before you start
- Review your own schedule to make sure you have the time to give to this learning process.
- For the onsite class you have no pre-class readings or activities.
- For the online class you need to review this document, the terms and conditions, and technical requirements to make sure that you meet all of them (see links below).
- After reading this entire description, proceed to the Register page when you are ready to sign up.
Instructor
Write Words, American Writing Services provides all instructors. For more information on our instructors, click here.
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