7 Tentative Sources

Here are my seven tentative sources I might use for my literature review:

  • "Connecting with the 'Other' in Technical Communication: World Englishes and Ethos Transformation of U.S. Native English-Speaking Students" by Michael Jarvis Kwadzo Bokor. Published in Technical Communication Quarterly.
  • "Moving International Technical Communication Forward: A World Englishes Approach" by Michael Jarvis Kwadzo Bokor. Published in Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
  • "Cross-Cultural Blunders in Professional Communication from a Semantic Perspective" by Pinfan Zhu and Kirk St. Amant. Published in Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
  • "Technical English and the Future" by Albert C. Yoder. Published in Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
  • "Writing Globally: Teaching the Technical Writing Student to Prepare Documents for Translation" by Bruce Maylath. Published in Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 
  • "Teaching Intracultural and Intercultural Communication: A Critique and Suggested Method" by Danielle DeVoss, et al. Published in Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
  • "Technical Communication Across Cultures: Five Philosophical Questions" by Edmond H. Weiss. Published in Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
After a preliminary search of different article databases and field-specific journals, I think my topic is a little broad. My original idea was Writing for International Audiences: Challenges and Strategies. This prewriting exercise has helped me to see that I need to narrow my topic down. Now, I'm thinking of focusing more on the challenges and strategies of World Englishes in technical communication, which is similar to my first two sources. I still want my research to be an analysis, thus why I want to examine the challenges and strategies. World Englishes vary from region to region so I might need to pick only a few types of World English to focus on in my research proposal. I think comparing American English to a different World English could lead to interesting research and study.

Comments

  1. Hannah Neuendorf ENGL 3450September 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM

    Hey Jaxon! It looks like you have compiled a solid list of sources for your literary review. I agree that your original topic might be too large of a base to cover. I think that your idea to focus on challenges and strategies is a great one. I personally wouldn't have thought of the topic you decided to chose. I am excited to read more about what you come up with as the project progresses. I will be interested to see which specific languages you decide to dedicate your research to. Keep up the great work!

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  2. RyanSeptember 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM

    Hi Jaxon, those all look like excellent sources to pull from to help your literature review. Hopefully as you are reading previous studies you can find a spot for your research to fill a gap in understanding. It definitely is a broad topic but there is a lot of resources both online and on campus. I know it's not time for it but you could do some interviews with staff who've published papers or research and see how they handled language and culture barriers. You could also look into more research on choosing a universal language for technical and scientific purposes. Good luck!

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  3. Jaxon TuellerSeptember 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM

    I think the Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication have been the most fruitful journals thus far. I think it would be a good idea to continue further searching these journals to find more sources for my topic. I don't think there's an imbalance because I used three different sources for my tentative seven sources. I feel like I've done a good job at exploring multiple journals to find tentative sources for my topic. I'm hoping to continue to have good luck as I search the Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. I believe they will both continue to be fruitful as my research continues.

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