A Multilanguage Online Writing Center for Professional Communication: Development and Testing

Autor/inn/en	Jacobs, Geert; Opdenacker, Liesbeth; Waes, Luuk Van
Titel	A Multilanguage Online Writing Center for Professional Communication: Development and Testing
Quelle	In: Business Communication Quarterly, 68 (2005) 1, S.8-22 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1080-5699
DOI	10.1177/1080569904273330
Schlagwörter	Technical Writing; Foreign Countries; Writing Skills; French; Indo European Languages; Information Technology; German; Spanish; Business Communication; English; Online Courses; Letters (Correspondence); Writing Processes; Cognitive Style; Self Efficacy; Peer Evaluation; College Students; Constructivism (Learning) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Ausland; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Französisch; Indoeuropäisch; Informationstechnologie; Deutscher; Spanisch; Unternehmenskommunikation; English language; Englisch; Online course; Online-Kurs; Brief; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Collegestudent
Abstract	An online writing center developed at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, called Calliope, provides a modular platform aimed at enhancing learners' professional writing skills in five different languages: Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. It supports courses in business and technical communication. The current version includes modules on press releases in English, business letters in French, and minute taking in Dutch. Unlike many online writing centers, it is genre-specific and context-specific, it is highly interactive rather than linear, it uses a process approach to cater to different learning styles, it accommodates different writer profiles, and it is an instructional tool not connected to a physical writing center. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10