Project Wdting in Business Courses, Students' Writing Needs and Faculty Beliefs about Writing: the Case of St. Mary's College
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2005-06
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Addis Ababa Universiy
Abstract
In college and uni1'ersity level educalion writing assignmenls are cOll1monly used as
means 10 slrenglhen ",hal has been laughl Iheorelically and fosler independenl
learning Though Ihe primOl)' concern of major course wriling assignments (01 her
Ihan English language assignmenl.s) is nol improving Ihe slUdenls' wriling abilily, Ihe
process sludenls undergo Ihrough 10 complele Ihe assignmenls help Ihem improve
Iheir HTiling abilities.
Research in Ihe last two decades focused on the analysis of wriling assignments which
are believed 10 help sludel1ls develop mulliple skills and knowledge. This research also
focused on this important issue 1vhich the nel!' Educalion and Training Policy of
Dhiopia has given emphasis. The research tried 10 see Ihe language and research skills
demand Ihe 1ITiling assignll1el1ls may have on business faculty sludents of Ihe TVET
program al SI. /11101)"s College. The allitude of Ihe business facull), regarding 11'riling
ability 10 complele projecl assignmenls is also invesligaled and analyzed
Quesr;onrloi,-es both 1m' Icachels ond sludenls. inlerviell ' /or leachen (lI'Id docwnem
analysis o(lhe rVET curricululI1 and assignl11cnl handouts were used 10 oblain dala
11 ",asjound out Ihal lack of wriling and research skills posed difficuily on sludel1ls 10
complere Iheir lI 'riling ((ssignll1ei1ls, and Ihey 1!'ould like Iheir EnglIsh courses 10
ae'luaim Ihell1 11'ilh Ihesc skills which Ihey feel lack 1110.1'1 Inslruelors were alsojound 10
consider 1ITiling abililJ' as being imporlanl in giving feed back and grading Ihe
assignmenls allhough Iheir erforllacked consislency even wilhin Ihe same departmems
Based onlhefindings suggeslionsfor improvemem are fO{'1l'([rded
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Writing Needs and Faculty Beliefs about Writing