eprintid: 10159223
rev_number: 8
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datestamp: 2022-12-05 22:16:13
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sword_depositor: 699
creators_name: McKinley, James
creators_name: Al Hilali, Tayba
title: Division of Labour and the Development of Professional Literacies: Problematising ESP Learners’ Preparedness for Workplace Writing
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J77
keywords: Workplace writing literacies, 
L2 abilities, 
Graduates’ preparedness
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: The importance of workplace writing literacies has been well recognised in both academic and professional contexts. However, the ability to prepare learners for mediation of specialised knowledge and their L2 abilities has been contested in the literature due to the gap between these two contexts. We argue that both contexts should reconcile and play a role in this preparation. This chapter aims to problematise graduates’ preparedness for workplace writing by investigating the perceptions of college engineer alumni and their line managers regarding preparedness for the demands of workplace writing. To this end, semi-structured interviews with twelve alumni working in five different private sector companies in Oman and four line managers were conducted over a period of eight months. The data reveal that the alumni and their line managers hold ambivalent views regarding graduates’ preparedness for workplace writing, that is, while acknowledging the role of the English for specific purposes (ESP) courses in equipping the graduates for the demands of workplace writing, the participants perceive this preparation as insufficient. The findings imply that there should be division of labour around preparing learners for workplace writing as both academic and professional contexts should play a part in it.
date: 2022-01-11
date_type: published
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6_11
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1987836
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6_11
isbn_13: 978-3-030-87476-6
lyricists_name: McKinley, James
lyricists_id: JMCKI01
actors_name: McKinley, James
actors_id: JMCKI01
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Cham, Switzerland
pagerange: 229-248
book_title: Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities
editors_name: Escobar, Linda
editors_name: Ibáñez Moreno, Ana
citation:        McKinley, James;    Al Hilali, Tayba;      (2022)    Division of Labour and the Development of Professional Literacies: Problematising ESP Learners’ Preparedness for Workplace Writing.                    In: Escobar, Linda and Ibáñez Moreno, Ana, (eds.) Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities. (pp. 229-248).   Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159223/1/ESP_2022_Al%20Hilali%20_McKinley._Author_version.pdf