Background/Purpose. Grammar plays a crucial role in clarifying and cohering written and spoken communication throughout academic contexts. This study investigates how senior English majors use grammar to write reports, a critical skill for effective communication. Materials/Methods. A summative content analysis was conducted to examine the types…

As technical communication (TC) instructors, it is vital that we continue reimagining our curricula as the field itself is continually reimagined in light of new technologies, genres, workplace practices, and theories--theories such as those from disability studies scholarship. Here, the authors offer an approach to including disability studies in…

Profiles a writing-across-the-curriculum project in an accountancy program. Notes that the team's collaborative process produced three critical planning decisions: (1) establishing "fitness-for-use" for evaluating student communications; (2) selecting only those forms of communication used in accountancy; and (3) teaching only those…

The New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District in Wilmington, Delaware, has made great strides in integrating academic and vocational studies by adopting a "project" approach to integrated learning. Students at the district's high schools are involved in a variety of real-life projects aimed at advancing technical knowledge…

Eighty-nine conference papers are presented in 10 sections: (1) language and cultural factors in conducting international business (qualifications for success as an international manager, staffing of international departments, role of second language proficiency, and international management concepts); (2) interdisciplinary language and business…