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Editors:
- Laura-Mihaela Muresan
- Modern Langs & Business Communication, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
- Concepción Orna-Montesinos
- Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Presents empirically-informed ethnographic explorations of academic literacy development
Examines processes of acquisition and mastery of academic literacy in Higher Education institutions
Draws on an international perspective, with contributions from a range of geolinguistic settings
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This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors to examine how academic literacy is learned and mastered in different tertiary education settings around the world. Bringing to the fore the value of qualitative enquiry through ethnographic methods, the authors illustrate in-depth descriptions of genre knowledge and academic literacy development in first and second language writing. All of the data presented in the chapters are original, as well as innovative in the field in terms of content and scope, and thought-provoking regarding theoretical, methodological and educational approaches. The contributions are also representative of both novice and advanced academic writing experiences, providing further insights into different stages of academic literacy development throughout the career-span of a researcher. Set against the backdrop of internationalisation trends in Higher Education and the pressure on multilingual academics to publish their research outcomes in English, this volume will be of use to academics and practitioners interested in the fields of Languages for Academic Purposes, Applied Linguistics, Literacy Skills, Genre Analysis and Acquisition and Language Education.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
Language Policies and Academic Literacy
Developing and Linking Literacies: Academic, Professional Literacy and Genre-Related Literacy
Agency, Identity and Self-representation in Literacy Development
Individual Trajectories in Academic Literacy Development
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“This edited volume also draws on a diversity of international contexts (e.g. UK, Macedonia, France, Korea) to give the reader a picture of how academic literacies develop in various writing genres (e.g. writing assignments, writing MA/PhD thesis, writing for publication). … this is a very valuable, extremely rich book that can be of help to a diverse audience: policy makers, ERPP and EAP teachers, content and academic writing supervisors, and novice researchers.” (Baraa Khuder, ESP Today, Vol. 10 (1), January, 2022)
Editors and Affiliations
Modern Langs & Business Communication, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Laura-Mihaela Muresan
Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Concepción Orna-Montesinos
About the editors
Laura-Mihaela Muresan is Professor of English at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania.
Concepción Orna-Montesinos is a Lecturer at Faculty of Education of the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Bibliographic Information
- Book Title: Academic Literacy Development
- Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Multilingual Scholars' Approaches to Writing
- Editors: Laura-Mihaela Muresan, Concepción Orna-Montesinos
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62877-2
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
- eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
- Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62876-5Published: 12 March 2021
- Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62879-6Published: 13 March 2022
- eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62877-2Published: 11 March 2021
- Edition Number: 1
- Number of Pages: XXI, 352
- Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
- Topics: Applied Linguistics, Literacy, Multilingualism, Writing Skills, Ethnography, Genre