Read the peer-reviewed article by Liberty Kohn, posted in Blackboard under Unit 3 Content: “How Professional Writing Pedagogy and University- Workplace Partnerships Can Shape the Mentoring of Workplace.”

Then, answer the questions below. Be sure to use in-text citations with page numbers to show where you found your paraphrased answers. If you use more than two words from the article- be sure to put quotation marks to show that this is an exact quote from the author.

1. What does the abstract say are the two main reasons why new employees struggle when writing in the workplace?
2. According to the article’s author, Liberty Kohn, what skill does research show employers value highly in new employees?
3. Summarize the problem that Kohn saw for new employees regarding academic writing being different from professional workplace writing.
4. What solution did Kohn purpose to help the gap in social understanding for new employees learning to write in the workplace?
5. What solution did Kohn purpose to help the motivation and attitude for new employees learning to write in the workplace?
6. How does Kohn define discourse community and activity theory?
7. Summarize how the concept of discourse community can be used to prepare college writers for professional writing.
8. Summarize how the concept of activity theory can better prepare college writers for professional writing.
9. On pages 177-178, what solution does Kohn explain will help college students best prepare for workplace writing?
10. On page 179, what Kohn think an ideal workplace-writing mentoring relationship should consist of?
11. On page 182, what two misconceptions kept the intern Julie, and the anonymous inter quoted, from learning about the workplace culture and writing conventions?
12. How can you apply Kohn’s research to our Unit Three Project and to your future, professional writing?