Proofreading is a slighted area in the business education curriculum. The author promotes teaching of proofreading as a necessary skill and cites various methods of proofreading and peripheral factors. (AG)

Most people dread sitting down to write, but the job becomes easier when certain writing strategies are followed. Most bad writing results from a lack of planning, not a lack of writing skills. Before determining the main point of a piece of writing, the writer should determine the purpose and audience. First, determine what needs to be achieved…

Supporting performance objective 16 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on editing and reviewing correspondence and reports are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of three on inspecting and evaluating--CE 016…

Editorial, like clerical, proofreading cannot be left to chance; the know-how, what and why must be reviewed, recalled, reinforced, and refined daily. There are four avenues of daily activities available to the teacher to establish these skills: (1) homework reading assignment, (2) dictation-for-control material, (3) dictation for…