TY - GEN
T1 - From 0 to 100 since Covid
T2 - 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2023
AU - Rakedzon, Tzipora
AU - Rabkin, Orit
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In the last decade, academics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and high-tech employers have complained about declining English communication skills in our country. This decline is problematic for industry and academia. After years of discussion, a governmental plan to reform the English program is now beginning to be implemented on all levels. This plan will finally update, for example, the outdated reading and grammar-focused program by significantly incorporating communication skills such as writing, speaking, and listening. Simultaneously, concepts such as 'power'' or 'soft'' skills for well-rounded engineers are entering our campuses. Our institution's administration followed this trend by reforming the Humanities studies for all STEM students to enhance student's literacy skills. We, the English coordinators inside of our STEM university's only Humanities department, decided to capitalize on the COVID spirit of change, along with the government reform and administration's action, to establish a writing center. Here, we detail the specific stages leading to the establishment of a fledgling writing center in our institution, one of the first in the country. The online and on-campus writing center complements the existing academic writing course program, adding individualized instruction to the academic writing program.
AB - In the last decade, academics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and high-tech employers have complained about declining English communication skills in our country. This decline is problematic for industry and academia. After years of discussion, a governmental plan to reform the English program is now beginning to be implemented on all levels. This plan will finally update, for example, the outdated reading and grammar-focused program by significantly incorporating communication skills such as writing, speaking, and listening. Simultaneously, concepts such as 'power'' or 'soft'' skills for well-rounded engineers are entering our campuses. Our institution's administration followed this trend by reforming the Humanities studies for all STEM students to enhance student's literacy skills. We, the English coordinators inside of our STEM university's only Humanities department, decided to capitalize on the COVID spirit of change, along with the government reform and administration's action, to establish a writing center. Here, we detail the specific stages leading to the establishment of a fledgling writing center in our institution, one of the first in the country. The online and on-campus writing center complements the existing academic writing course program, adding individualized instruction to the academic writing program.
KW - Academic writing
KW - STEM education
KW - writing centers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172395961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm57838.2023.00017
DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/ProComm57838.2023.00017
M3 - منشور من مؤتمر
T3 - IEEE International Professional Communication Conference
SP - 84
EP - 87
BT - Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, ProComm 2023
Y2 - 17 July 2023 through 20 July 2023
ER -