The impact of emailing and texting on effective written communication: Changes in reading patterns, convergence of subgenres, confusion between social and business communication

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Boiarsky
Keyword(s):  
Business Communication ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Reading Patterns ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Difficulties in Written Communication Faced by the Students of Commerce: A Study Conducted at Graduate Level (B.Com)

2016 ◽  
Vol I (I) ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Muhammad Riaz ◽  
Sana Gul
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Grammaticality Judgment ◽  
The Subject

The purpose of this paper is to highlight difficulties the students of Bachelor of commerce (B.Com) face in written communication. During the final year of B.com they study the subject of business communication focused on business correspondence. The major barrier for the students is their inability to use syntax correctly. For this purpose data were collected from 125 randomly selected students form institutes of commerce education in Bahawlapur using untimed grammaticality judgment test. This test was proposed by Rod Ellis (2005) and Erlam (2006) consisting of seventeen challenging grammatical structure. The result showed that majority of students were unable to use correctly the basic structure of English language syntax in their writing. In the posttest interviews they shared that they did not learn these basic structure of English ever in their academic career as they were forced to cram materials.

scholarly journals Competitions Versus Classes: Exploring the Impact of Case Competitions and Communication Coursework on MBA Ranking

2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-126
Author(s):  
Mary Marcel ◽  
Nancy Ross Mahon
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Higher Rank ◽  
World Report ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Business communication programs and business school competitions are a prevalent component of graduate-level business education. Both activities help students develop problem-solving skills, critical thinking, high-level communication, and applied experiential learning. While business competitions may aid in the development of advanced communication skills, to date there has been no comparison of the effectiveness of coursework, competitions, or both. Using U.S. News & World Report rankings of the top 100 U.S. MBA programs as a proxy for program quality, we find that business communication coursework provides greater benefits when compared with internal case competitions. Specifically, findings indicate a higher ratio of graduate business communication classes to internal competitions correlated to higher rank. Furthermore, reputational advantage was also associated with required communication coursework and a higher number of internal competitions offered for graduate business student participation.

Reading Culture and Reading in 19th-Century Australia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan K. Martin
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Early History ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
History Of ◽  
Reading Patterns ◽  
Reading Culture ◽  
Distance Travel ◽  
The Impact

Reading practices and tastes were transported to colonial Australia along with European colonists. Access to and circulation of books and newspapers in the colonies were subject to the vagaries of distance, travel, and transport, and these had a concomitant impact on reading patterns and access, as well as on the development of local writing and publishing. Trade routes, and the disjunction of inland versus sea routes, may have had some influence on localized reading and distribution. The early history of libraries and booksellers in the Australian colonies, publication patterns, and marketing give clues to reading patterns. Examining the reading accounts and movements of individual readers, and individual texts, provides further detail and context to the environment and situatedness of reading in the Australian colonies, as well as the impact of transport as an idea, and an influence on texts and reading.

The Speed of Business Communication, 1883

1964 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-375
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the telegraph upon the nineteenth-century business world was revolutionary in its magnitude. By economically and swiftly separating communications from transportation, telegraphy increased the flow of reliable information and the pace of business decision-making to a degree unapproached by any previous innovation.

Assessing Business Communication Assignments of English-as-Second-Language Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-42
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Lewis ◽  
Linda G. McGrew ◽  
C. Nathan Adams
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
The Us

As the US population becomes more diverse, the enrollment of English-as-Second- Language (ESL) students in colleges and universities continues to expand. This diversity may sometimes lead to problems for business communication teachers who must assess the written communication skills of students who may not be fluent in English. To address these problems, we conducted a nationwide survey of business communication teachers, soliciting input on how ESL students' written communication skills were assessed. Respondents were asked to identify areas where their assessments of ESL students might differ from their assessments of stu dents whose first language was English. Comparisons were made based upon teachers' gender, age, number of years of teaching experience, and geographic location where they teach. Although some grading leniency was shown toward ESL students in specific areas, generally the respondents indicated that they do not assess business communication assignments any differently based upon the stu dents' primary language usage.

scholarly journals Arising reading patterns in understanding literary texts

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-420
Author(s):  
Revathi Gopal ◽  
Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
Reading Patterns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Frequency Counts

This paper reviews reading attempts made by students at the lower secondary -- level in oral reading and retelling to understand literary texts. The study involved a qualitative research method in collecting data, which relates to the students’ reading patterns in understanding literary texts and the impact of students’ reading patterns on literary texts comprehension. The sample in this study comprised six average ability Form One (i.e. seventh grade) students from a secondary school. Data collection techniques included content analysis of students’ oral reading and retelling. Students’ oral reading and retelling were centred in the literature textbook currently used in lower secondary school. Data collected were subsequently analysed by using frequency counts in the form of percentages. The findings from oral readings show that students formed their own mental framework to guide them through in text comprehension, and the results of retellings analysis suggest that the literary texts were readable and were within the students’ comprehension level. However, none was able to infer beyond the text and to relate the text to one’s own life. This did not influence students’ text comprehension. The study indicates that different forms of patterns arose during oral reading among students in ways how they connected the ideas on the page to comprehend the literary texts. This aided teachers in their choices of classroom instructions that best fit the students’ reading ability.

Exploring How Instruction in Style Affects Writing Quality

1999 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Sydow Campbell ◽  
Charlotte Brammer ◽  
Nicole Ervin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Sentence Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Business communication instructors regularly teach word- and sentence-level style concepts to help students improve the quality of their writing. To support such teaching, all the textbooks we've seen discuss style at this level, usually in a chap ter on the topic, with additional discussion within other chapters dedicated to spe cific types of messages. We are hopeful but not certain about the impact of this instruction on the quality of our students' future writing. To measure that impact in at least a small way, we gathered empirical data in a single classroom of busi ness communication students. A panel of three writing specialists and three non- specialists rated holistically the quality of informative memos written by undergrad uate business students before and after instruction. In addition, three panelists analyzed the style of the memos. The memos written after instruction were of higher quality than those written before instruction. The students' styles changed for the better after instruction; higher quality memos had more appropriate style than lower quality ones.

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