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Teaching Academic Writing I – Theory, Practice, and Research
Course Description This course presents an overview of select theories and approaches to the teaching of writing in college settings (e.g., genre theory, process writing, tutoring, and peer review) with special emphasis on how these can inform students' practice as academic writing tutors, facilitators, and instructors in CIIS' Center for Writing and Scholarship. Students will learn how to assess writing, establish and manage professional relationships with student writers, and design and assess interventions to improve academic literacy at all levels (listening, speaking, reading, writing, critical thinking). Key topics will include: The psychological, developmental, and affective dimensions of academic writing; the socialization of scholars to communities-ofpractice and disciplinary discourses; contrastive (cross-cultural) rhetoric; addressing the needs of diverse populations (such as nonnative writers); and effective response and feedback strategies. The final part of the course will involve students' inquiry into their own identities as writers and scholars, as students reflect on how teaching and tutoring shapes their relationship to the art of writing, reading, and doing scholarship.
Teaching academic writing: A toolkit for higher education
Changing English, 2004
Te a c h i n g A c a d e m i c Wr i t i n g 'With a rich and diverse supply of exercises and suggestions to incorporate into teaching and assessment, this book will be useful for academic staff in all disciplines.' Shân Wareing, Director of the Educational Development Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'This book is a gem, filled with practical ideas for helping students learn to write in a discipline. Tutors will get a fresh sense of the possibilities for teaching and learning through understanding how students make sense of a field's theories and concepts through writing.' David R. Russell, Iowa State University, USA Student academic writing is at the heart of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed largely by what they write, and need to learn both general academic conventions as well as disciplinary writing requirements in order to be successful in higher education. Teaching Academic Writing is a 'toolkit' designed to help higher education lecturers and tutors teach writing to their students. Containing a range of diverse teaching strategies, the book offers both practical activities to help students develop their writing abilities and guidelines to help lecturers and tutors think in more depth about the assessment tasks they set and the feedback they give to students.
Writing essays and dissertations can be a major concern for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities. Virtually all courses contain a large degree of written assessment and it is essential to ensure that your writing skills meet the necessary standard. Academic Writing is a new kind of writing course for all international students who have to write exams or coursework in English. This practical book thoroughly explains the writing process and covers all the key writing skills.
Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students. (5th ed.)
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This is the latest edition of a stalwart textbook for teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP). It is a stand-alone volume, unlike many EAP books that have become a series differentiated by stages of student ability (for example, the Oxford EAP series or Longman Academic Writing). The advantage is that Bailey's textbook accompanies the student through their courses, from beginner to advanced, rather than requiring several separate books. The book is systematic and thorough, with varied examples of material, and it is broken into logical sections and subsections like a science or engineering textbook. The emphasis is on students practicing and completing writing throughout, rather than a more theoretical approach.
This is the third edition of a book that has enjoyed enormous popularity since it first appeared in 1994 with the sub-subtitle 'a Course for Nonnative Speakers of English.' Recognizing the challenge that the academic research paper (RP) poses for all graduate students regardless of language background (i.e., students from "Inner Circle, Outer Circle, Expanding Circle," contexts: Kachru. 2006) or academic discipline, the authors dropped that subtitle in the second edition (2004) in favor of the current one, more accurately reflecting this wider intended audience.
Academic writing is at the heart of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed largely by what they write, and need to learn both general academic conventions as well as disciplinary writing requirements in order to be successful in higher education. However, statistics show that the quality of academic writing of university students does not meet the disciplinary requirements. This study explores the gap that exists in between the schools writing and writing at university. The findings show that first year students are underprepared for academic writing while academics blame the responsibilities for school teachers or even hold negative views on students' writing performance. The corrective feedbacks or comments given by lecturers bring more daunting effects than positive motivation for students to improve their academic writing performance.
Fundamentals of Academic Writing: A Literature Review
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In order to write for academic purposes, all novice ESL and EFL writers must be well-informed about the fundamentals of academic writing (AW) in English. Developing academic writing skills for all students is crucial because they must produce good writing skills to meet the standards of college and university course writing assignments. The typical college and university writing assignments include descriptive writing, analytical writing, persuasive writing, critical writing, and inquiry writing. In the meantime, it is also crucial for them to understand that writing is a recursive process involving various stages, such as generating ideas, outlining, planning, drafting, revising, editing, and sharing. During the writing process, the writers should not only consider the elements of AW, comprising content, organization, purpose and audience, critical thinking, word choice, grammar, and mechanics, but also its basic conventions, including objectivity, formality or style, citation styl...