Making Connections: Teaching Writing to Engineers and Technical Writers in a Multicultural Environment
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Boiarsky, Carolyn
IEEE PCS
2008

Abstract:

Teaching writing to engineering students representing Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian, and American cultures can be daunting as their cultural perceptions of time, gender, source of authority, individualism and risk taking, affect learning styles. However, despite cultural differences, many International students have no difficulty with much of American instruction and, in some cases, perform better than American students. Their ability to adapt to American instruction appears to depend primarily on the educational goals of their cultures.