Discipline-Specific Writing

Theory into practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av John Flowerdew, Tracey Costley, John (City University of Hong Kong) Flowerdew, UK) Costley, Tracey (University of Essex

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Discipline-Specific Writing provides an introduction and guide to the teaching of this topic for students and trainee teachers. This book highlights the importance of discipline-specific writing as a critical area of competence for students, and covers both the theory and practice of teaching this crucial topic. With chapters from practitioners and researchers working across a wide range of contexts around the world, Discipline-Specific Writing:Explores teaching strategies in a variety of specific areas including science and technology, social science and business;Discusses curriculum development, course design and assessment, providing a framework for the reader;Analyses the teaching of language features including grammar and vocabulary for academic writing;Demonstrates the use of genre analysis, annotated bibliographies and corpora as tools for teaching;Provides practical suggestions for use in the classroom, questions for discussion and additional activities with each chapter.Discipline-Specific Writing is key reading for students taking courses in English for Specific Purposes, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, TEFL and CELTA.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-09-20
Mått156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor218
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138907430

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1. Introduction2. Investigating local sociocultural and institutional contexts for discipline-specific writing3. Developing writing courses for specific academic purposes4. The role of grammar in the discipline-specific writing curriculum5. Approaches and perspectives on teaching vocabulary for discipline-specific academic writing6. Using genre analysis to teach writing in the disciplines7. Teaching writing for science and technology8. Using annotated bibliographies to develop student writing in social sciences9. Discipline-specific writing for business students: research, practice and pedagogy10. Teaching English for Research Publication Purposes with a focus on genre, register, textual mentors and language re-use: a case study11. Introducing corpora and corpus tools into the technical writing classroom through Data-Driven Learning (DDL)12. Critical literacy writing in ESP: perspectives and approaches13. Towards a specific writing language assessment at Hong Kong universities

"Flowerdew and Costley have brought together an outstanding group of authors for this volume. The chapters bring together theory and practice in a way that is both highly readable as well as extremely useful for teachers of discipline-specific writing. An excellent publication."Brian Paltridge, University of Sydney, Australia "This book demonstrates the value of research-informed teaching. Research on disciplinary writing is extended into practical considerations for the teacher in the classroom. The multiple research perspectives, teaching strategies and pedagogic considerations raised in this book will make it an enormously useful resource for researchers and teachers."Suganthi John, University of Birmingham, UK