Assessing writing for workplace purposes: Risks, conundrums and compromises

dc.contributor.authorMacqueen, Susy
dc.contributor.authorElder, C
dc.contributor.authorKnoch, Ute
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-20T01:35:08Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2021-02-21T18:56:12Z
dc.description.abstractdocument workplace transactions as a safeguard against the unreliability of human memory or deceit. Modern workplaces continue this reliance on written language as a means of mitigating the risk that some important aspect of work will be missed, misunderstood, misrepresented or contested. In most workplaces, a great deal of effort is expended on the documentation of actors, timelines and processes. The sale of livestock nowadays demands accreditation and form-filling which hold the vendor liable for any misinformation provided. In the business world, an email serves as a record from provider to client that something has been completed successfully on a certain date and payment is due. In the medical world, a form requests a particular pathology test and certifies the identity of the sample collector and the specimen provider. Written exchanges such as these are entrenched and unremarkable in modern workplaces. Thus, it is not surprising that, especially for those who are non-native users of the language(s) in question, the skills to manage written communication in workplaces and professional domains are assessed via language tests.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1075-2935en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/267384
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherPergamon Press Ltd.en_AU
dc.rights© 2020 Elsevier Inc.en_AU
dc.sourceAssessing Writingen_AU
dc.titleAssessing writing for workplace purposes: Risks, conundrums and compromisesen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage5en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMacqueen, Susan (Susy), College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationElder, C, University of Melbourneen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKnoch, Ute, University of Melbourneen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu1016955@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidMacqueen, Susan (Susy), u1016955en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor200401 - Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguisticsen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5163985xPUB95en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume46en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asw.2020.100484en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5163985en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.elsevier.com/en-auen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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