“Technical English and the Future” begins by discussing two methods of teaching technical English: the practical and the imaginative. It then argues that these methods need not be mutually exclusive and that teachers should search for ways of synthesizing the two. One such way is for courses in technical English to focus on the subject of the future. After discussing the rationale for this approach, the article describes what such a course might be like.
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