To speak like an engineer: Communicative competence in technical oral presentations through the lens of students and industry practitioners

摘要: Communicative competence remains an important skill expected of prospective graduates among employers. Despite its importance, this notion lacks clarity in contextual definition. Such indefinite clarification has created apprehension stakeholders like engineering students and industry practitioners' who are involved the business workplace related oral communicative events such as technical presentations. In study, final year from academic community delivery project Industry practitioners, on other hand, professional engineers have been selected to evaluate students' presentations or Technical constitute one many events. concerns, theoretically implied situated learning theory, if left unchecked, may result continued academia-industry practitioner discord over said notion. The investigation is conducted acknowledge different interpretations practitioners order lessen apparent divide competence. findings will discuss sub-sets construct, i.e. skills attribute construct.