This article reports a study of internship requirements in technical communication programs compared with three established professions and one emerging profession that have certification or licensing requirements for practitioners. The study addresses three questions about technical communication internship programs: 1) Are internships offered as a way to fulfill program academic credit requirements? 2) If internships are offered, are they required or elective? 3) What are the minimum/maximum academic credits allowed for internships toward fulfillment of program requirements and the number of workplace hours of internship required? To answer these questions we focused on three elements of internship program management: academic credits, workplace hours per academic credit, and total workplace hours required. Our findings indicate that there is considerable disparity for these factors among programs in our field and that we lack criteria similar to those used in established professions for internships.
from getting overwhelmed by the readings and research requirements of Sections B and C. Students' attention will stay focused on the topic at hand, and their reading will be immediately reinforced via research projects and questions that invite critical thinking.Realistically, most students won't be running out to find additional readings over the course of the semester. However, the list of further readings and the references in the back of this book will be great resources for students as they complete the research required in Section C. These lists will particularly benefit those graduate students and instructors who plan to do additional research and writing on any of the EAP topics covered in this book.Hyland's English for Academic Purposes is a valuable seventh installment of the Routledge Applied Linguistics series. The book will certainly provide advanced students and teachers with a hefty body of ideas to process individually, discuss as a class, and research further. As long as instructors order the paperback edition (US$30.95) and not the hardcover (US$110.00), students should be quite pleased with the affordability and with the intellectually stimulating content of Hyland's book.
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