Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2010

Professional Communication Education in a Global Context: A Collaboration Between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico

Jennifer Craig Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Mya Poe Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; María-Fernanda González Rojas Tecnológico de Monterrey

Abstract

This article describes a beginning research partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and two Mexican universities, the Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO) and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, that has developed and implemented an environment merging the pedagogies of English as a foreign language (EFL) and writing across the curriculum (WAC). The article presents a theoretical background for this partnership based on the research on globally networked learning environments (GNLEs) and then focuses on the early stages of the project as the research teams define their objectives, research methods, and teaching approaches.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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2010-07-01
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10.1177/1050651910363269
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writing across the curriculum teacher development collaborative writing professional writing multilingual writers
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