Essential Skills Manual - Automotive Service Technician

ESSENTIAL SKILLS TECHNICAL READING
GUIDELINES
TR1 Use Terminology
Upon completion of this objective, learners will be able to:
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1.1 identify strategies to organize and remember new terminology
use context clues to find the meaning of new terms
use word parts to create meaning
use trades glossary to find meaning of technical terms
use standard dictionary to find meaning of non-technical terms
1.2 implement strategies to organize and remember new terminology
define terms
use terminology in context
Suggested Strategies and Activities:
Identify and define terms unique to the trade
Highlight unfamiliar terms in trade-related reading
Choose appropriate strategies to find meaning of unfamiliar terms
Demonstrate understanding of new terms by using in sentences, providing
examples, or providing illustrations
Create a personal dictionary
Use graphic organizers to remember terms of the trade
Interpret acronyms and abbreviations of the Automotive Service Technician
trade
Non-contextualized Resources:
Shape Up Your Reading
Cross Curricular Reading Tools (Vocabulary Study)
Navigating Texts and Documents in Technical Training
Contextualized Resources:
EARAT (Communications Skills for Motive Power Apprentices: Skill #2)
Practical Problems in Mathematics for Automotive Technicians (Glossary pp.
206-212)
Technical Resources:
Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach, 4 th Edition (with CD ROM)
Auto Fundamentals
Automotive Technology: Principles, Diagnosis, and Service, Canadian Edition
All Individual Learning Modules, especially:
Individual Learning Module 090101aB- Automotive Service Technician-
Communication-Part B- Materials, Tools and Safety-First Period
Individual Learning Module 090101d- Automotive Service Technician-
Fastening Devices-Materials, Tools and Safety-First Period
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