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Writing Required in Graduate Courses in Business Administration
Author(s) -
CANSECO GRACE,
BYRD PATRICIA
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
tesol quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.737
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1545-7249
pISSN - 0039-8322
DOI - 10.2307/3587338
Subject(s) - syllabus , graduate students , vocabulary , academic writing , graduate education , mathematics education , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , linguistics , medicine , philosophy
The increasing proportion of graduate students to undergraduate students in ESL academic preparation programs in the United States suggests that more information is needed about language use in graduate courses. This article reports on the characteristics of writing assignments found in syllabuses for graduate courses in business. First, the types of writing assignments and the vocabulary used to label those assignments are analyzed and discussed. Second, the use of prompts to guide the writing of the assignments is examined. Finally, implications are suggested for ESL writing courses for nonnative speakers who are planning to enter (or already attending) U.S. graduate degree programs in business.