ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT Section 4 2

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT Section 4. 2 Proofreading Teacher: Mrs. Ayanna Charles. Ford

Students should be able to: Objective 1. define what is proofreading 2. use the proofreading acronym to identify mistakes in a passage.

What is proofreading? Word by word checking Correct errors

What do you need? Excellent command of language Attention to detail

Common mistakes Transpositions Omissions Insertions

Proofreading acronym C - capitalizations U - usage P - punctuation S - spelling

Passage Editing and Proofreading are tow skills that will be assessed in your CSEC examinations, These are assessed under the Accuracy profile dimension. You will be required to correct speling, punctuation and capitalization eror’s. Well-developed prooofreading skills will also help to ensure that transposition errors and misstrokes are identified and corrected. If you fined and correct all the errors then you are on your way to geting a good grade in your CSEC esamenations.

Corrected passage Editing and proofreading are two skills that will be assessed in your CSEC examinations. These are assessed under the Accuracy profile dimension. You will be required to correct speling, punctuation and capitalization errors. Well-developed proofreading skills will also help to ensure that transposition errors and mis-strokes are identified and corrected. If you find and correct all the errors then you are on your way to geting a good grade in your CSEC examinations.

References Augustine, A. et al. (2013). Electronic Document Preparation and Management for CSEC Study Guide. Nelson Thornes, Cheltenham, UK. Campbell, H. and Boogle-Graham, O. (2012). Electronic Document Preparation and Management for CSEC Examinations. Macmillan Education, Oxford. Introduction to Proofreading. (2020, June 7). Twinkl. Co. Uk. https: //www. twinkl. co. uk/resource/au-t 2 -e-3995 -introduction-to-proofreadingpowerpoint Jacob, A. (2012). Electronic Document Preparation and Management for CSEC. Nelson Thornes, Cheltenham, UK.

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