Goals for academic writing : ESL students and their instructors / edited by Alister Cumming.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cumming, Alister H.

Series:

Language learning and language teaching ; v. 15.

Language learning and language teaching, 1569-9471 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing--Study and teaching--Canada.

Academic writing.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Canada.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Research.

English language--Written English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in academic programs at two Canadian universities. The researchers present a detailed framework to describe these goals from the perspectives of the students as well as their instructors. The goals are analyzed for groups of students from particular backgrounds internationally, for changes over time, and in relation to the ESL and academic courses. The authors use activity theory, goal theory, various sociolinguistic concepts, and multiple data sources (interviews, observations, stimulated recalls, questionnaires, and text analyses) to provide a contextually-grounded perspective on learning, teaching, writing, second-language development, and curriculum policy. The book will interest researchers, educators, and administrators of ESL, university, college, and literacy programs around the world.

Contents:

Goals for AcademicWriting

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

Foreword

1. Introduction, purpose, andconceptual foundations

Section I. The Main Study

2. Context and designof the research

3. Students' goals for ESL anduniversity courses

4. A study of contrasts:ESL and university instructors'goals for writing improvement

Section II. Case Studies

5. Nine Chinese students writingin Canadian university courses

6. Students' and instructors' assessmentsof the attainment of writing goals

7. The language of intentionsfor writing improvement:A systemic functionallinguistic analysis

8. Goals, motivations, and identities ofthree students writing in English

9. Variations in goals and activitiesfor multilingual writing

Section III. Implications

10. Implications for pedagogy, policy,and research

References

Appendices

Subject index

Contributors

The series Language Learning &amp

Language Teaching.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9786612155437

9781282155435

1282155431

9789027293312

9027293317

OCLC:

320321528