Writing Programs Worldwide - Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places, 2012a

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BSc From 2000 Technion—Israel Institute
of Technology
MA/PhD
Graduate and
undergraduate
students
The late 1990s
until today
From 2000
Weizman Institute
Ben-Gurion
University
Elective course in writing and presentation
skills: “Communication in
English for scientists and engineers”
Scientific writing courses taught
by a teacher with a PhD in biology,
as well as by teachers with
linguistic training
Writing courses in EFL for
students whose main program is
Hebrew and courses for Israelis
and international students, whose
main program is taught in English;
Elective course in writing for
business administration students
BA 2002-2006 University of Haifa Addition of an applied linguistics
component to the teaching of writing
to English literature majors
MSc 2004 Tel Aviv University Technical Writing course for
engineering students
PhD and all
other interested
students
From 2008
Hebrew University
EAP Department
Alternatives to writing courses
sought in order to fill the gap
created by budgetary cuts: workshops,
tutorials
PhD From 2008 Tel Aviv University Required Academic Writing
course for students at the Porter
School of Environmental Studies
MA 2009 TechnionIsrael Institute
of Technology
One semester elective in academic
writing
BA Ruppin Academy Required Business English course
with strong emphasis on writing
for Business administration
students using the e-learning
platform Moodle for writing;
Elective for Economics students
Academic Writing in Hebrew
Level Approximate
Date
Pre-academic From 1968
until today
B.Ed
Early 1990s
until today
Institution(s)
Center for Pre-
Academic Studies,
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
Academic Teachers’
Colleges
Description of program
“Scientific Writing”—first Hebrew
academic writing program
in Israel
One or two semester skills-based
writing courses
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