To triangulate the data further, the students’ profile was collected from their writing instructor who conducted a business writing needs survey at the beginning of Year 3. The students reported their career aspirations, their expectations of the course in terms of the types of business writing to be included in the writing course, their difficulties in writing, and their preferred methodology for teaching and learning business writing. There were also interviews based on the students’ writing in a wide range of business genres (see Zhang, 2013). Although the text-based interviews were not the main data for this article, they will be cited where appropriate.