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The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges

This study employs a one-group pretest and posttest design to assess the written and oral technical communication (TC) skills of students in vocational colleges in China. Fifty-nine 1st-year students in automotive engineering participated in a 3-week implementation of a TC module. To measure learner...

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Main Authors: Luo, Mingdan, DeWitt, Dorothy, Alias, Norlidah
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Published: SAGE Publications 2024
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HF Commerce
LC Special aspects of education
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/45751/
https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231217998
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spelling my.um.eprints.457512024-11-11T07:19:31Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/45751/ The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges Luo, Mingdan DeWitt, Dorothy Alias, Norlidah HF Commerce LC Special aspects of education This study employs a one-group pretest and posttest design to assess the written and oral technical communication (TC) skills of students in vocational colleges in China. Fifty-nine 1st-year students in automotive engineering participated in a 3-week implementation of a TC module. To measure learner differences, students took oral and written tests before and after the intervention, respectively. Results showed that the module effectively improved students' written and oral TC skills. In addition, findings from interviews with participants and English teachers indicated that the TC module is suitable from a pedagogical perspective. SAGE Publications 2024-04 Article PeerReviewed Luo, Mingdan and DeWitt, Dorothy and Alias, Norlidah (2024) The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 38 (2). pp. 137-166. ISSN 1050-6519, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231217998 <https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231217998>. https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231217998 10.1177/10506519231217998
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topic HF Commerce
LC Special aspects of education
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LC Special aspects of education
Luo, Mingdan
DeWitt, Dorothy
Alias, Norlidah
The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
description This study employs a one-group pretest and posttest design to assess the written and oral technical communication (TC) skills of students in vocational colleges in China. Fifty-nine 1st-year students in automotive engineering participated in a 3-week implementation of a TC module. To measure learner differences, students took oral and written tests before and after the intervention, respectively. Results showed that the module effectively improved students' written and oral TC skills. In addition, findings from interviews with participants and English teachers indicated that the TC module is suitable from a pedagogical perspective.
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author Luo, Mingdan
DeWitt, Dorothy
Alias, Norlidah
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Alias, Norlidah
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title The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
title_short The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
title_full The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
title_fullStr The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of a Technical Communication Module for Automobile Manufacturing Students at Vocational Colleges
title_sort effectiveness of a technical communication module for automobile manufacturing students at vocational colleges
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/45751/
https://doi.org/10.1177/10506519231217998
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