In the following three activities, you will find various excerpts written by experts in a specific technical area. Their main audience includes a wide range of educated genera audience.

Although they believe their writing was fine, their supervisors have advised them to make their message understood by both audience types.

The technical audience is well-educated and has a good understanding of the technical content in their fields. Although the non-tech audiences are also well-educated, their understanding of the technical terms is limited.

Try to select the most appropriate options so that the experts can communicate to each audience most effectively.

Guide

• When you use pronouns, such as “it” and “this,” make sure that your audience can figure out what they are referring to.
• If what pronouns are referring to is not obvious, repeat the specific noun; or you may consider revising the whole sentence.