IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Jun 2011 Open Access

Using the Dialogic Communication Model to Teach Students to Write a Report Introduction Tutorial

Chien-Ching Lee Nanyang Technological University

Abstract

This paper presents the use of the dialogic communication model to teach students how to write a report introduction. In the case study presented, the students engaged in discussions and reflections regarding the contextual complexities in the writers' and readers' organizational environments, which helped them adapt their writing to their readers' needs and thought processes. The thinking process that students go through in making their writing more reader centered using this model could be a useful springboard to help students adopt the thinking processes of professional engineers.

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IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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2011-06-01
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10.1109/tpc.2011.2121810
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