Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 1997

Globalizing Professional Writing Curricula: Positioning Students and Re-Positioning Textbooks

Libby Miles

Abstract

Abstract As publishers integrate international issues into professional writing textbooks, we must analyze how curricular globalization is presented to students. Textbooks examined here position international students as clients, consumers, and exotics who present barriers to effective communication. Furthermore, most of the textbooks contain catalogs of decontextualized cultural factoids rather than strategies for identifying and understanding cultural differences. To expand our notion of international issues, we might consider reading relevant English as a Second Language scholarship for insights. A limited annotated bibliography concludes this article.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1997-04-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq0602_4
Open Access
Closed
Topics
professional writing

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