English 3450: Methods and Research in PTW (Fall 2024)

  Hello everyone! This blogspot is a safe space for us to share our research progress and processes as we plow through our course assignments this semester. Please do the following:   ( 1)   blog about your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, etc. regarding your research journey  as indicated in the course syllabus  before  the due date  AND  don't forget to  (2)   reply to one of your classmate's posts  ( please refer to the  English 3450 Assignment Schedule  handout for more details about this assignment ). Hopes and dreams?   This semester, we hope to not only enhance our abilities to pursue field-specific research topics, but also inform our communication practices in producing effective subject matter/user-centered documents. In particular, we wish to address the question of what it means to conduct research in professional and technical writing (PTW).  By reviewing and applying various modes of inquiry...