1. WRITING SKILLS Zanete Garanti Lecturer University of Mediterranean Karpasia

2. About the teacher Zanete Garanti  Email: zanete.garanti@akun.edu.trzanete.garanti@akun.edu.tr  Office: AKUN main building, room 202  Telephone: 227-3367/8 (113)  Mobile phone: 0533 850 5809

3. About the course  This course is designed to help you with a practical writing skills.  In this course you will learn to:  prepare posters,  take notes,  develop CV,  coomunciate via letters and emails,  summarize, quote, paraphraze,  prepare an essay and a report.

4. What is practical writing?  PW is different from GW mainly beacause when you use PW:  each type has a regular form,  simplicity in style,  its briefness in form.

5. 1. Posters and notices  When to use posters,  How to prepare posters,  How to prepare small notices,  Practice.

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7. Posters can be used for: Presenting research News or information Decoration Advertisement Identification Direction Warning

8. What is a Poster? 8 Successful

9. A Successful Poster ClearRelevantConcise Successful Posters 9

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12. Readability and empahsis  Choose your font and size carefully (6 m rule),  Avoid using complex fonts,  Type size can create hierarchy and create contrast,  Try not to overuse CASE, bold, underline, Italic.

13. Colors can empasise your message

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24. 24 Picture Source: Design Blueprints

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28. 28  Too much text and information,  Missing crucial information,  Incorrect or misleading visuals,  Hard to read text,  Consistency with other peripherals.

29. Which programs to use?  For simple posters:  Microsoft Word (tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSYiW9XP3G8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSYiW9XP3G8  Paint,  PowerPoint.  More complex programs:  Illustrator,  Photoshop,  Special programs.

30. Task  You will create poster in groups.  You will present it to the class.