Full Description
Exploring research and pedagogy on second language writing, this volume focuses on issues concerning policy decisions affecting foreign students.
Contents
ISSUES
When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect: The Case of a Graduate ESL Student
Good Writing: I Know it When I See It
Redefining the Task: An Ethnographic Examination of Writing and Response in Graduate Seminars
Local Interactions: Constructing Contexts for Composing in a Graduate Sociology Program
RESEARCH
Writing in the Natural Sciences and Engineering. Writing Critically Across the Curriculum
Writing from Sources: Case Studies of Graduate Students in Business Management
Consciousness Raising and Article Pedagogy
Holistic Scoring in ESL Writing Assessment: What Does an Analysis of Rhetorical Features Reveal?
A Comparison of the Use of Citations in Chinese and English Academic Discourse
PEDAGOGY
Teaching Classroom and Authentic Genres: Initiating Students into Academic Cultures and Discourses
Common-core and Specific Approaches to the Teaching of Academic Writing
The ESL Technical Expert: Writing Processes and Classroom Practices
Negotiating the Syllabus: A Learning-Centered, Interactive Approach to ESL Graduate Writing Course Design
A Genre-Based Developmental Writing Course for Undergraduate ESL Science Majors
Fostering Writing Expertise in ESL Composition Instruction: Modeling and Evaluation
Author Index
Subject Index
