Unambiguous graphics:

making entry-level ESP materials

Lawrie Hunter, Kochi University of Technology
http://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter/espgraphics/
lawrie_hunter at kochi-tech dot ac dot jp

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Lawrie Hunter supervises CALL and non-CALL instruction in ESP technical writing and foundation critical thinking at Kochi University of Technology. He has been the special interviews editor for the journal Document Design, now "Information Design Journal + Document Design" since its inception in 1998.