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OverviewIt can be a challenge writing in a language that is not your native tongue. Constructing academic essays, dissertations and research articles in this second or foreign language is even more challenging, yet across the globe thousands of academics and students do so, some out of choice, some out of necessity. This book looks at a major issue within the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). It focuses on the issues confronting non-native-English-speaking academics, scholars and students, who face increasing pressure to write and publish in English, now widely acknowledged as the academic lingua franca. Questions of identity, access, pedagogy and empowerment naturally arise. This book looks at both student and professional academic writers, using qualitative text analysis, quantitative questionnaire data, corpus investigations and ethnographic approaches to searchingly examine issues central to the EAP field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ramona Tang , Ramona TangPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9781441112163ISBN 10: 1441112162 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 15 March 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction: The Issues and Challenges Facing Academic Writers from ESL / EFL Contexts: An Overrview, Ramona Tang Part I: Learning to Write for Academic Purposes Chapter 2. Identifying and Addressing Challenges to International Publication Success for EFL Science Researchers: Implementing an integrated training package in China, Margaret Cargill & Patrick O'Connor Chapter 3. Text and Corpus Work, EAP Writing, and Language Learners, Giuliana Diani Chapter 4. The Impact of Experience and Beliefs on Chinese EFL Student Writers' Feedback Preferences, Guangwei Hu & Hongwei Ren Chapter 5. Thesis and Dissertation Writing: Moving beyond the text, Brian Paltridge & Lindy Woodrow Part II: Features of ESL/EFL Learner Discourses Chapter 6. The Challenges of Writing a Successful Thesis Conclusion, Jo Lewkowicz Chapter 7. EFL / ESL Writers and the Use of Shell Nouns, Hilary Nesi & Emma Moreton Chapter 8. Writing in Tables and Lists: A study of Chinese students' undergraduate assignments in UK universities, Maria Leedham Part III: Identity Work and Professional Opportunities in Academic Writing Chapter 9. Writing and Researching Between and Beyond the Labels, Hanako Okada & Christine Pearson Casanave Chapter 10. Identity Without the 'I': A study of citation sequences and writer identity in literature review sections of dissertations, Suganthi John Chapter 11. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Challenges and opportunities for scholars from ESL / EFL backgrounds, Ramona Tang Afterword, English Medium Writing for Academic Purposes: foundational Categories, Certainty and Contingency Theresa Lillis IndexReviewsRamona Tang has assembled a collection of chapters that brings together a wealth of practical knowledge and experience of teaching and researching academic writing, together with insightful discussion of the position of and practices that surround English in higher education and academia more generally. This book captures the breadth of current thinking around academic writing and will be invaluable for practitioners and researchers.--Sanford Lakoff This finely-edited and timely collection represents a splendid analysis of issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers at textual and sociocultural levels. It achieves this by profiling wide-ranging geographical and learning contexts and presenting a kaleidoscope of research topics and approaches. Without doubt, the book will remain a landmark anthology and a standard citation in research on ESL/EFL academic writing in years to come.--Yongyan Li, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Hong Kong, PRC Ramona Tang has assembled a collection of chapters thatbrings together a wealth of practical knowledge and experience of teaching andresearching academic writing, together with insightful discussion of theposition of and practices that surround English in higher education andacademia more generally. This book captures the breadth of current thinkingaround academic writing and will be invaluable for practitioners andresearchers.--, Author InformationRamona Tang is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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