Teaching academic writing / edited by Patricia Friedrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedrich, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Report writing--Study and teaching.

Report writing.

Physical Description:

xiv, 246 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2008]

Summary:

Teaching Academic Writing consists of ten teaching-focused chapters offering solutions to the issues confronting the teacher of academic writing. The contributors give practical advice about how to teach an academic writing class, offer classroom solutions for the novice teacher, and discuss the place of feedback and assessment. The chapters also examine the use of different media in the academic writing classroom, the problem of plagiarism, and background issues affecting students' ability to learn.

Including a wealth of practical advice and focused around the real issues confronting the teacher of academic writing, this will be the essential book for teachers of academic writing in higher education.

Contents:

Introduction: Teaching Academic Writing: How Do We Do It? / Patricia Friedrich 1

1 History: First-Year Composition in the Twentieth-Century US Higher Education: A Historical Overview / A. Abby Knoblauch, Paul Kei Matsuda 3

2 Disciplines: Academic Writing and the Disciplines / Sian Etherington 26

3 Pedagogy: Teaching Writing Teachers to Teach Writing / Duku Anokye 59

4 Tasks: Assignments and Activities in Teaching Academic Writing / Christine M. Tardy 73

5 Feedback: Feedback: Issues and Options / Dana Ferris 93

6 Support: Writing Support in British Higher Education: An Institutional Case Study / John Morley 125

7 Technology: Emergent Technologies and Academic Writing: Paying Attention to Rhetoric and Design / Shawn T. Casey, Cynthia L. Selfe 147

8 Diversity: "I Want to be Part of the Club": Raising Awareness of Bilingualism and Second Language Writing among Monolingual Users of English / Patricia Friedrich 177

9 Community: Eccentric Maps: Community-based Writing and Rhetorical Aims / Michael Stancliff 192

10 Academic Integrity: Plagiarism, Patchwriting and Source Use: Best Practice in the Composition Classroom / Diane Pecorari 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826495327

082649532X

9780826495334

0826495338

OCLC:

162501930