In the following three activities, you will find various excerpts written by experts in a specific technical area.

Although they believe their writing was fine, their supervisors have advised them to make their message understood by non-technical audiences too.

These non-technical audiences are well-educated, but their understanding of the technical terms is limited.

Try to select the most appropriate options so that the experts can communicate to the non-technical audience most effectively.

Guide

• Avoid using ambiguous and abstract words and phrases
• Simplify your sentences by using a single word or a short phrase that captures the key concept.
• But, make sure to use words and phrases that are familiar to the intended audience