Press and News CIAT improves writing capacities in Central America
From 23 to 27 October, the CIAT Central America Team attended the Update Workshop on Written Communications with the aim of improving writing skills and abilities of team members in the working context.
The workshop's main objectives were: improving technical report and expository text writing, learn and reassert key criteria to write well and the proper implementation of the elements of grammar. "The strategy of this workshop is based on the constructivist approach to learning. The resources provided should open spaces for exchange, reflection, and debate around communication to express their thoughts on the importance of good writing", said Leslie Álvarez, representative of Redacción eficaz, the firm in charge of conducting the workshop with the team. The 20-hour workshop was divided in four important moments:
- Day 1 and 2: Drawing up a diagnosis of the qualities of each team member regarding writing and drafting a text.
- Day 3: Analysis of different types of texts, their characteristics, and verb tenses in expository texts.
- Day 4: "The Report", characteristics and types of reports, objectives and basic structure of a report.
- Day 5: Drafting a technical profile and project reports.
"For me, this workshop is important, because it helps us strengthen our knowledge on writing scientific reports, since we sometimes miss some details when preparing a brief or a paper", said Sindy Leverón, CIAT researcher for Honduras. One of the purposes of CIAT in Central America is to develop, promote, and improve the capacities of the members of the organization. Therefore, several learning spaces are being created for people to be trained in topics of high interest in their career growth.