• On-line tutoring (線上寫作家教)
  E-mail your paper to us and, within 48 hours, one of our cyberspace tutors will offer general comments and starting points on how to improve your manuscript's quality ...... all free of charge !!!
  
  
• Face-to-face tutoring (現場免費諮詢時間)
  Meet face-to-face with a native English speaking tutor who will offer general comments and starting points on how to improve your manuscript's quality ...... all free of charge !!!
  
  
• On-line editing and proofreading service (線上編修服務)
  E-mail your paper to us and, in either 5 or 10 days, one of our cyberspace editors will thoroughly revise your manuscript for English grammatical, writing style, and Chinese-English colloquial errors.
  
  
• On-site technical writing seminar (科技英文寫作英文服務)
  Attend an OWL technical writing seminar on how to organize a research paper, write in an efficient manner, revise your own manuscript, and submit for publication.
  
  
• Distance Learning (遠距教學)
  Go on-line and attend these courses without sitting in a classroom.
  
  
• Technical writing (graduate level - asynchronous learning) (科技英文寫作課程隨選遠距教學)
  Organize, write, and orally present your research findings. Learn by computer, e-mail in your assignments, and communicate with the instructor on-line.
• Technical writing ( graduate level one )科技英文寫作(研究所)第一學期
  
  
• Technical writing ( graduate level two )科技英文寫作(研究所)第二學期
  
  
• Technical writing ( graduate level three )科技英文寫作(研究所)第三學期
  
  
• Technical writing ( graduate level four )科技英文寫作(研究所)第四學期
  
  
• Writing Effective Work Proposals 有效撰寫工作提案
  View the syllabus and course contents of an undergraduate course in Technical English.
  
  
• Translation ( undergraduate level - sophomore year)英文翻譯( 大二)
  View the syllabus and course contents of an undergraduate course in Translation.
  
  
• Composition (undergraduate level - sophomore year) (英文作文 ( 大二)
  View the syllabus and course contents of an undergraduate course in Composition.
  
  
• ESL Certificate of Technical Communication(科技英文認證)
  Attend these short intensive courses to strengthen your language skills:
1. Developing copyediting skills (英文編修訓練 )
   Brush up on your editing skills to meet professional standards.
2. Writing technical correspondence (科技英文信函)
   Learn how to write technical correspondence.
3. Organizing technical research papers (科技研究論文組織寫作)
   Learn how to structure and engineering or scientific paper for publication.
4. On-line English Oral Presentations (應用英文簡報)
   Improve your writing and oral presentation skills in the work place. Learn by computer, e-mail in your assignments, and communicate with the instructor on-line.
5. Writing Effective Study Plans (撰寫有效讀書計畫)
   Prepare for advanced study by learning how to write a concise and clear study plan.
   
6. Writing Effective Work Proposals ( 有效撰寫英文工作提案)
   Write your next work proposal efficiently and clearly.
7. Writing Effective Employment Application Statements ( 有效撰寫求職英文自傳 )
   Impress your employer with an effective application statement.
   
8. Developing Negotiating Skills( 溝通協調訓練)
   Learn how to approach negotiations methodologically.
   
9. Writing in the Workplace (在職專業寫作)
   Learn basic principles of technical writing as related to work assignments.
   
10. Technical Promotional Writing ( 科技推廣寫作)
    Learn how to structure and style presentations to promote a technical organization's activities.
    
11. Writing Successful Proposals (成功的技術提案)
    Learn how to produce a proposal and successful business plan.
    
    
• Multimedia Language Classroom (多媒體語言教室)
  Strenghten your language skills through nearly 200 interactive quizzes
  
  
• Writing style handouts for Chinese technical writers (寫作格式手稿)
  Study these handouts on how to improve the writing style of your manuscript.
  
  
• Discussion Forum: Writing and Publishing in English (英文發表討論區)
  Ask general or specific questions on writing and/or publishing in English.
  
  
• Publications: The Chinese Technical Writers Series (科技英文寫作系列)
  Check out information on the five books within "The Chinese Technical Writers Series" by Ted Knoy:
  
  1. An English Style Approach for Chinese Technical Writers.
     (精通科技論文寫作)
  2. English Oral Presentations for Chinese Technical Writers-A Case Study Approach.
     (做好英文會議簡報)
  3. A Correspondence Manual for Chinese Writers.
     (英文信函參考手冊)
  4. An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical Writers.
     (科技英文編修訓練手冊)
  5. Advanced Copyediting Practice for Chinese Technical Writers.
     (科技英文編修訓練手冊進階篇)
• Publications: The Chinese Professional Writers Series (應用英文寫作系列)
  1. Writing Effective Study Plans
     (有效撰寫讀書計畫)
  2. Writing Effective Work Proposals
     (有效撰寫英文工作提案)
  3. Writing Effective Employment Application Statements
     (有效撰寫英文工作自傳)
  4. Writing Effective Career Statements
     (有效撰寫英文職涯經歷)
  5. Effectively Communicating Online
     (有效撰寫英文電子郵件)
     
     
• Technical correspondence file (英文信函參考手冊)
  Check out different samples of common technical correspondence for everyday use. This software program is to be used for completing exercises in A Correspondence Manual for Chinese Technical Writers.
  
  
• On-line writing guide ( 線上寫作指導手冊 )
  Begin your next writing and research project with this helpful cyberspace handbook to what the Internet offers.
  
  
• Interactive writing style quizzes(互動練習)
  Improve your writing skills through these interactive quizzes that are in Power Point format.
  Conciseness
  1. Write for Conciseness（精確寫作）
  2. Use Active Voice Frequently（常用主動語氣）
  3. Use Verbs Instead of Nouns（動詞代替名詞）
  4. Create Strong Verbs（強有力的動詞）
  5. Avoid Overusing Sentences that Begin with It and There（避免過度使用It及There開頭句）
  6. Delete Redundant and Needless Phrases（除去重複及不必要的措辭）
     
     
  Clarity
  1. Write for Clarity （明白寫作）
  2. Ensure Subject and Verb Agreement（主詞及動詞必須前後呼應）
  3. Ensure that Pronoun References are Clear in Meaning（代名詞必須清楚的使用）
  4. Create Sentences Parallel in Structure and Meaning（句子的結構須有一致性）
  5. Eliminate Modifier Problems（去除修飾語所造成的問題）
  6. Double Check for Faulty Comparisons and Omissions
     （再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏）
  7. Avoid Unnecessary Shifts in a Sentence（避免不必要的句中轉換）
  8. Combine Conciseness and Clarity （結合「精確寫作」與「明白寫作」）
     
  
  Alternative words
  1. Beginning level(字詞替代練習(上))
  2. Intermediate level (字詞替代練習(中))
  3. Advanced level (字詞替代練習(下))
     
     
• Online Seminars (線上專題演講)
  Go to class on-line with these informative writing-related seminars.
  
  1. Editing for Conciseness and Clarity (結合精確寫作及明白寫作)
  2. Editing for Chinese-English Colloquial Habits (十個中英文句子結構之異同)
  3. Writing Technical Correspondence (英文信函參考手冊)
  4. Introducing Technical Writing (科技英文寫作介紹)
  5. Writing Effective Study Plans (有效撰寫讀書計畫)
  6. Writing Effective Work Proposals(有效撰寫英文工作提案)
  7. Outlining the Work Proposal (part one): Describing the Project Background 工作提案計劃(第一部份): 背景
  8. Outlining the Work Proposal (part two): Describing the Plan to solve the Problem 工作提案計劃(第二部份): 行動
  9. Writing the Problem Statement (問題描述)
  10. Writing a Hypothesis Statement for the Work Proposal (假設描述)
  11. Writing the abstract (part one): briefly introducing the background, objective and methodology 摘要撰寫( 第一部份): 簡介背景,目標及方法
  12. Writing the abstract (part two): summarizing the anticipated results of the project and its overall contribution to a particular field 摘要撰寫( 第二部份): 歸納希望的結果及其對特定領域的貢獻
  13. Writing Effective Application Statements:(有效撰寫求職英文自傳)
      
      
• News Report (相關新聞)
  

• Science and Technology Magazine (Taiwan), January 15,1995
  (科技報導文件)
  Read through an article by Ted Knoy on the foundation for developing a technical writing curriculum in Taiwan.
• United Daily Evening News ( Taiwan), September 8, 1998
  (聯合晚報 , 民國87年九月八日)
  Read this article review by the United Daily Evening Newspaper article (Taiwan) on the Chinese OWL's editing experience.
  
• World Journal(San Francisco), September 10, 1998
  (世界日報(舊金山), 民國87年9月10日)
  Read this article review by the World Journal(San Francisco) on the Chinese OWL's editing experience.
  
• The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), Feb, 2000
  Read the article "Overcoming Chinese-English Colloquial Habits in Writing" by Ted Knoy.
  
• The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, April 2000
  Read the article "Editing for Conciseness and Clarity in an ESL Writing Class" by Ted Knoy.
  
• China Times (Taipei), April 20, 2000
  （中國時報，民國八十九年四月二十日） Read an article about Ted Knoy.
  
• The Chinese On-line Writing Lab, May 2000
  Read the article "Increasing the Vocabulary Power of Chinese Writers Through Contrastive Rhetoric" by Ted Knoy.
  
• The Internet TESL Journal (Japan), May, 2000
  Read the article "Technical Correspondence: What Professionals Need to Learn" by Ted Knoy.
• The 2001 Microsoft Education Solution Show in Taiwan, April 2001
  知識經濟時代教育新風格：微軟2001校園資訊應用交流研討會
  View a slide presentation by Ted Knoy on the benefits of asynchronous learning in the ESL writing classroom.
  
• Presented at ICCE 2001 (Seoul, Korea), November 11-14, 2001
  Read an article by Ted Knoy on networked peer assessment in technical writing.
• The Voice of NCTU Alumni (National Chiao Tung University), issue 392, June, 2002
  Read an interview with Ted Knoy on the directions of technical writing in Taiwan.
• Hsin-chu City Quarterly NO.4 Jun/2003
• Professional Engineer Journal ( Vol. 39, December 2005 )
  Read an article by Ted Knoy
• Writing Across the Curriculum at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology (January, 5 , 2006)
• Professional Engineer Journal ( Vol. 40, March 2006 )
  Read an article by Ted Knoy
• View a technical writing seminar by Ted Knoy at Ching Yun University 1 , 2 (June , 7 ,2006) Windows Media Player
  Read an article by Ted Knoy
• Professional Engineer Journal ( Vol. 41, June 2006 )
  Read an article by Ted Knoy

Having taught technical writing in the graduate school programs of National Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University since 1989, Ted Knoy (柯泰德) is an instructor in the Foreign Languages Division at Yuan Pei University of Science and Technology. Author of five books in "The Chinese Technical Writers' Series" and two books in the "Chinese Professional Writers' Series", Ted is the English editor of several technical journals and publications in Taiwan. He is currently working on a Ph.D in Education at the University of East Anglia (U.K.).

講師 \ 柯泰德(Ted Knoy)

履歷表 (Curriculum vitae)

• 美國公民
• 中華民國長期居留證 (新竹市第一張外國人永久居留證）
• 中華民國教育部講師證
  
  

一.學歷
1987-1988 美國國際學院公共行政碩士
1983-1987 美國印第安那州 法蘭克林學院歷史學士
目前在就讀英國University of East Anglia教育博士( 2001年 迄今 )

二.現職

元培科學技術學院 外文組講師 ( 並任英文寫作中心主任一職 )   

(2002-2005)

負責教育部四年的『提昇大學基礎教育計劃』-- 生命關懷教育—人文,倫理與藝術學習。成立 : 英文寫作中心 (網址: www.owl.yust.edu.tw ),, 非同步遠距教學系統，研究所課程設計，及跨學科英文寫作。

      任教於清華大學(資工)及交通大學(運輸管理及工業管理系)講授科技英文寫作課程

三. 經歷
       曾於南非、印度、瑞士等地從事研究工作

    1.  工研院副研究員資  (1994-2000) : 負責和李國鼎科技發展基金會合作語言課程分類設計，來推廣國內科技寫作教育。並修改所內所有投稿國際期刊或研討會的英文文件。

2. 國科會Proceedings期刊英文編輯
3. 曾任

1.      李國鼎科技發展基金會資深編輯 ( 修改過之論文總數超過2000份以上)

2.      經濟部工業局中華民國清潔生產英文簡訊

3.      行政院環境保護署環境保護英文簡訊

4.      中央大學(電機、化工)

5.      清華大學自強社

6.      清華大學(資工、化工、化學、動機、電機、生科系)講授科技英文寫作課程

7.      交通大學(電信、資訊管理、 資科)講授科技英文寫作課程
國科會獎助優良期刊頒獎典禮受邀演講  : "科技期刊國際化文稿編寫要領說明"

8.      中華民國力學學會期刊

9.      中國化學工程師學會誌

10.  中華民國獸醫學會雜誌

11.  中華民國台灣醫學雜誌

12.  微軟2001校園資訊應用交流研討會 受邀演講: "非同步遠距教學所帶來教育上的變革"

13.  中華民國氣膠學會

14.  中華民國護理學會

15.  長庚醫院

16.  養豬科學研究所

17.  中華民國土木技師工會

18.  中正理工學院

四.著作
科技英文寫作系列叢書 :

1. 精通科技論文寫作(An English Style Approach for Chinese Technical Writers.)
2. 做好英文會議簡報(English Oral Presentations for Chinese Technical Writers-A Case Study Approach.)
3. 英文信函參考手冊(A Correspondence Manual for Chinese Writers.)
4. 科技英文編修訓練手冊(An Editing Workbook for Chinese Technical Writers.)
5. 科技英文編修訓練手冊進階篇(Advanced Copyediting Practice for Chinese Technical Writers)

應用英文寫作系列叢書：

1. 有效撰寫讀書計畫(Writing Effective Study Plans)
2. 有效撰寫英文工作提案( Writing Effective Work Proposals)
3. 有效撰寫英文工作自傳 (Writing Effective Employment Application Statements)
4. 有效撰寫英文職涯經歷(Writing Effective Career Statements)
5. 有效撰寫英文電子郵件(Effectively Communicating Online)