Non-Native English-Speaking Engineers' Writing at the Workplace

by Juan Du

Book Overview

Based on 55 semi-structured in-depth interviews, this book investigates 15 high-tech engineering co-op professionals' writing experience in the workplace. It shows how the digital age has had a marked impact on the engineers' methods of communication at work, and how on-the -job writing has affected engineers' technical competence, shaped their professional identities, challenged their views on Chinese and English writing, and hindered their success...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981151982X
• ISBN13: 9789811519826
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"