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Caribbean Journal of Education

Author’s Response: Launch of Academic Writing Instruction for Creole-Influenced Students

Pages: 
134-143
Publication Date: 
September 2016
Issue: 
Abstract: 

Renewed international interest in Writing across the Curriculum (WAC) is testimony to a growing acknowledgement that writing plays an important role in all areas of the curriculum. However, not enough atention has been paid to the workplace where the writing skills of students find final application. This paper describes research that explores the role and status of writing in the workplace in a developing country.Using responses from a stratified sample of public and private sector employers, supported by focus group responses, this research not only identifies the role that writing skills play in hiring/promotion decisions and the specific elements of writing that are valued, but makes a link between writing and national development with suggestions for what a ‘national writing agenda’ might look like in order to accomplish selected national development goals.

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