Non Native English Speaking Engineers Writing At The Workplace

Author : Juan Du
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811519833

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Non-native English-speaking Engineers’ Writing at the Workplace by Juan Du Pdf

Based on 55 semi-structured in-depth interviews, this book investigates 15 high-tech engineering co-op professionals’ writing experience in the workplace. It shows how the digital age has had a marked impact on the engineers’ methods of communication at work, and how on-the -job writing has affected engineers’ technical competence, shaped their professional identities, challenged their views on Chinese and English writing, and hindered their success in the workplace. The book identifies three aspects of writing practice: engineers’ linguistic and literacy challenges, the reasons behind these challenges, and coping strategies, which suggest that engineers are underprepared and lack necessary support in the workplace. Lastly, the study shows that engineers need to engage in technical literacy through on-the-job writing so that they can fully deal with workplace discourse and socialize with diverse professional groups. Since the sample group interviewed in this book is engineers who studied at universities in the United States and have a foot in the world of school and work as well as knowledge of both Eastern and Western cultures, the book appeals to teachers, students, engineers and scientists who are interested in scientific and technological writing. It is also valuable for educators who prepare scientists, engineers, and technical communicators for professional roles, as well as for communication practitioners who work with engineers. /div

Author : Rosalind Horowitz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 915 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429795701

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The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Writing by Rosalind Horowitz Pdf

This scholarly research Handbook aggregates the broad-ranging, interdisciplinary, multidimensional strands of writing research from scholars worldwide and brings them together into a common intellectual space. This is the first such international compilation. Now in its second edition, the Handbook inaugurates a wide scope of international research advancement, with attention to writing at all levels of schooling and in all life situations. It provides advanced surveys of scholarship on the histories of world and child writing and literacy; interconnections between writing, reading, and speech; digital writing; writing in communities; writing in the sciences and engineering; writing instruction and assessment; and writing and disability. A section on international measures for assessment of writing is a new addition to this compendium of research. This Handbook serves as a comprehensive resource for scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in writing studies and rhetoric, composition, creative expression, education, and literacy studies.

Author : Muhammad Afzaal,Swaleha Bano Naqvi,Geng Qiang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832539699

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Language, Corpora, and Technology in Applied Linguistics by Muhammad Afzaal,Swaleha Bano Naqvi,Geng Qiang Pdf

As culture and society has become more digitalized, especially when computer science and digital technologies have entered a new era in the twenty-first century, translation studies began to utilize a wide range of tools to enhance its reading of texts and contexts, without which translation both as a practice and as a theorization could barely persist. It has become more apparent that two extreme poles between macro and micro visions have formed the diversified terrains of translation studies. On the one hand, technologies like NLP, topic modeling, network analysis and data visualization make distant reading become possible, thus allowing us to have a paradigmatic view of how human’s ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge and even emotions have spread in some patterns across cultural, geographical and language divides in world history. On the other hand, corpus methods, such as the use of keywords, collocates and concordance lines changed the way by which texts were closely read from linear to vertical. With microscope like corpus tools, we could go deeper into the texture for perception of nuanced meaning. While considering a fact that translation is seldom mono modal in conveying meaning, we have to reconceptualize context as a multimodal environment where audio, visual and other resources interact to convey and make meaning. With regard to the fast development of digital technology, translation studies take an active role in gaining an enhanced capability in promoting transformation. Complexity has been favored in terms of theoretical framework and methodology. New questions are asked; old ones revisited with novel tools; but more areas wait to be cultivated and more questions to be approached by combining quantitative and qualitative methods. We could ask if digital technologies would bring new innovation to study of translation history, a heavily-walled land for traditional humanists who tend to repeat “so-what” to question the less significance of data-driven studies. The idea of high-quality machine translation has become so realistic in today’s market that translation educators have to face the shock wave it brought to translation learners and practitioners and rethink the relation between human translators and algorithms. Machine-translation-assisted communication could help remove boundaries for better communication; but at the same time, it also creates conflicts and leads to confrontation. Thus understood, it is imperative to give a concerned attention to digital translation studies, that is, to study translation by resorting to and drawing on the digital technologies. This Research Topic is intended to promote current directions and new developments in cross-disciplinary critical discourse research. We welcome papers which, from a critical-analytical perspective, deal with contemporary social, scientific, political, economic, or professional discourses and genres. Papers addressing the highlighted topics are especially welcome. In giving weight to these topics, we wish to call to attention some of the most pressing problems currently facing the world.

Author : Brad Henderson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030107567

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A Math-Based Writing System for Engineers by Brad Henderson Pdf

This book presents the generative rules for formal written communication, in an engineering context, through the lens of mathematics. Aimed at engineering students headed for careers in industry and professionals needing a “just in time” writing resource, this pragmatic text covers all that engineers need to become successful workplace writers, and leaves out all pedagogical piffle they do not. Organized into three levels of skill-specific instruction, A Math-Based Writing System for Engineers: Sentence Algebra & Document Algorithms guides readers through the process of building accurate, precise sentences to structuring efficient, effective reports. The book’s indexed design provides convenient access for both selective and comprehensive readers, and is ideal for university students; professionals seeking a thorough, “left -brained” treatment of English grammar and “go to” document structures; and ESL engineers at all levels.

Author : Barry Saiff
Publisher : XML Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781492070832

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Outsourcing Technical Writing by Barry Saiff Pdf

Outsourcing stirs strong emotions. Employees associate it with layoffs, reduced quality, and plummeting morale. Managers often don't understand the potential, thinking either that it will reduce their costs by large amounts or that it will make them obsolete, too. The truth is that, when done correctly, outsourcing often does not lead to layoffs, can lead to increased quality, and can even boost morale. Although the inflated savings that some managers have been led to believe are untrue (outsourcing can rarely, if ever, reduce content development costs by more than 60 percent), outsourcing can still be a win for both a company and its employees.Outsourcing Technical Writing: A Primer provides a comprehensive introduction to outsourcing technical writing. Barry Saiff, who has had extensive experience with outsourced content development, provides a roadmap for outsourcing success along with cases studies, a sample outsourcing agreement, and a sample plan. He also connects the success of outsourcing with management excellence and process maturity.

Author : Elaine Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : UVA:X002741256

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ESL Resource Book for Engineers and Scientists by Elaine Campbell Pdf

Combines the fundamentals of technical writing and verbal communication with essential English as a second language (ESL) skills. Contains a range of actual examples and case studies to enable non-native English speaking professionals to write clear and effective documentation.

Author : Diane Yu Gu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463005401

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Chinese Dreams? American Dreams? by Diane Yu Gu Pdf

"Immigrant Chinese women scientists and engineers who study and work in the United States constitute a rapidly growing yet understudied group. These women’s lived experiences and reflections can tell us a great deal about the current state of immigrant women scientists in the United States, how universities can help these women succeed, and about China’s emergence as a global scientific and technological superpower. Chinese Dreams American Dreams is the first ethnographic study to document migrating Chinese-born women scientists’ and engineers’ educational experiences and careers in the U.S. It historically situates these women in current political, economic, and cultural contexts and examines the successful strategies they employ to survive discrimination, advance careers, establish networks, and promote transnational research collaborations during their educational and career journeys in the U.S. This study makes a valuable text for students, researchers, and policy makers in higher education, women’s studies, science and engineering studies, as well as for faculty who teach future scientists and engineers. It also introduces new multicultural, intersectional, and feminist perspectives on these crucial issues of gender, ethnicity, nationality, and class, as they impact women’s professional lives."

Author : Murray E. Jennex
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 3442 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781599049342

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Knowledge Management by Murray E. Jennex Pdf

Provides comprehensive, in-depth coverage of all issues related to knowledge management, including conceptual, methodological, technical, and managerial issues. Presents the opportunities, future challenges, and emerging trends related to this subject.

Author : Schwartz, David
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1652 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599049328

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Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, Second Edition by Schwartz, David Pdf

Knowledge Management has evolved into one of the most important streams of management research, affecting organizations of all types at many different levels. The Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, Second Edition provides a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms addressing the challenges of knowledge management. This two-volume collection covers all aspects of this critical discipline, which range from knowledge identification and representation, to the impact of Knowledge Management Systems on organizational culture, to the significant integration and cost issues being faced by Human Resources, MIS/IT, and production departments.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000052066900

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1066 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106020961543

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Research in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza Sanchez,Isabel Fernandez de Castro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 3540614915

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Computer Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and Engineering by Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza Sanchez,Isabel Fernandez de Castro Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and Engineering, CALICSE '96, held in San Sebastián, Spain in July 1996. The 42 revised full papers presented in the book were selected from a total of 134 submissions; also included are the abstracts of full papers of four invited talks and 17 poster presentations. The papers are organized in topical sections on learning environments: modelling and design, authoring and development tools and techniques, CAL in distance learning, multimedia and hypermedia in CAL, and applications in science and engineering.

Author : Sarah J. Shin
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783096954

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English Language Teaching as a Second Career by Sarah J. Shin Pdf

This book explores the experiences of men and women who train to teach ESL as a second career. Drawing from in-depth interviews and observations of 30 students (aged 45 to 73) in a TESOL graduate program, this book provides portraits of these individuals as they develop as teachers. It describes the processes they go through to launch their teaching careers, the successes and challenges they face, and the evolving significance of their work in their overall life goals and achievements. A welcome addition to the growing literature on teacher development, this book will be an important resource for teacher trainers and anyone working in TESOL.

Author : Agota Foris,Andrea Bolcskei
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9782140245671

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Linguistic Research in the Fields of Content Development and Documentation by Agota Foris,Andrea Bolcskei Pdf

The questions regarding specialized languages are important topics in applied linguistics research. A growing number of areas witness the current trend of automation, robotization and artificial intelligence (AI). Therefore, converting information into a form that can be understood by machines is of utmost importance in the future. These three technological advancements require the precise description of languages, consequently, the systematic description of the features of specialized languages is one of the current tasks of linguistics. This book discusses the changed environment of technical communication, the processes, and the legal and standardization backgrounds. The authors delved into the typological, semantic and lexical features of technical texts in the field of technical documentation, and also focused on research related to terminology, translation and text analysis, as well as their relevance in higher education in connection with documentation, content development and technical writing.

Author : Franz Schmalhofer,Richard M. Young,Graham Katz,Katz Graham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317708292

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Proceedings of Eurocogsci 03 by Franz Schmalhofer,Richard M. Young,Graham Katz,Katz Graham Pdf

The aim of the European Cognitive Science Conference is the presentation of empirical, theoretical, and analytic work from all areas of interest in cognitive science, such as artificial intelligence, education, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology. The focus is on interdisciplinary work that is either of interest for more than one of the research areas mentioned or integrates research methods from different fields. With contributions by cognitive scientists from 20 different countries, the papers in this volume reflect the origins of this conference, as well as its international scope.