Professional Communication Education in a Global Context: A Collaboration Between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey,Mexico,and Universidad de Quintana Roo,Mexico
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Professional Communication Education in a Global Context: A Collaboration Between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey,Mexico,and Universidad de Quintana Roo,Mexico
This article describes a beginning research partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and two Mexican universities, the Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO) and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, that has developed and implemented an environment merging the pedagogies of English as a foreign language (EFL) and writing across the curriculum (WAC). The article presents a theoretical background for this partnership based on the research on globally networked learning environments (GNLEs) and then focuses on the early stages of the project as the research teams define their objectives, research methods, and teaching approaches.
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