Conference Presentations by elaine evans
This paper reflects on a Master of Accounting program where the majority of students are either i... more This paper reflects on a Master of Accounting program where the majority of students are either international or domestic students from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB).
The program seeks to prepare graduates for professional accounting practice where a high level of communication skills is equally important as a high level of technical skills. The
paper reports on a project which has integrated technical and communications skills within the accounting curriculum through collaboration between accounting lecturers and staff from a university centre specialising in English language teaching and research. The result of the collaboration is an integrated program which addresses students’ expectations in relation to professional communication and lecturers’ and accounting practitioners’ perspectives in relation to the role of communication skills in accounting practice.
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Conference Presentations by elaine evans
The program seeks to prepare graduates for professional accounting practice where a high level of communication skills is equally important as a high level of technical skills. The
paper reports on a project which has integrated technical and communications skills within the accounting curriculum through collaboration between accounting lecturers and staff from a university centre specialising in English language teaching and research. The result of the collaboration is an integrated program which addresses students’ expectations in relation to professional communication and lecturers’ and accounting practitioners’ perspectives in relation to the role of communication skills in accounting practice.