Writing with Authority [electronic resource] : Students' Roles as Writers In Cross-National Perspective / David Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, David, 1938 August 17-

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric.

Studies in writing & rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Germany.

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--Germany.

Academic writing.

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Academic writing--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Writing with Authority: Students' Roles as Writers in Cross-National Perspective offers a comparison of student writers in two university cultures-one German and one American-as the students learn to connect their writing to academic content. David Foster demonstrates the effectiveness of using cross-cultural comparisons to assess differences in literacy activities and suggests teaching approaches that will help American students better develop their roles as writers in knowledge-based communities. He proposes that American universities make stronger efforts to nurture the autonomy of America

Contents:

Studying student writers in cross-national contexts

The work of writing: student authorship roles in cross-national perspective

Shaping transformative writers: priorities for change

Teaching transformative writing

Building transformative opportunities in institutional contexts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-9081-7

OCLC:

607754032