Academic writing in a second or foreign language issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers in higher education contexts /
"Focuses on the issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL students and scholars who choose to, or have to, write in English in higher education contexts"--Provided by publisher.
| Other Authors: | Tang, Ramona., Ebooks Corporation. |
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York, NY :
Continuum International Pub.,
2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Ebook Library (EBL)
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The issues and challenges facing academic writers from ESL / EFL contexts: An overview / Ramona Tang
- PART 1: Learning to write for academic purposes: Identifying and addressing challenges to international publication success for EFL science researchers: Implementing an integrated training package in China / Margaret Cargill & Patrick O'Connor
- Text and corpus work, EAP writing, and language learners / Giuliana Diani
- The impact of experience and beliefs on Chinese EFL student writers' feedback preferences / Guangwei Hu & Hongwei Ren
- Thesis and dissertation writing: moving beyond the text / Brian Paltridge & Lindy Woodrow
- PART 2: Features of ESL / EFL learner discources : The challenges of writing a successful thesis conclusion / Jo Lewkowicz
- EFL / ESL writers and the use of shell nouns / Hilary Nesi & Emma Moreton
- Writing in tables and lists: A study of Chinese students' undergraduate assignments in UK universities / Maria Leedham
- PART 3: Identity work and professional opportunities in academic writing: Writing and researching between and beyond the labels / Hanako Okada & Christine Pearson Casanave
- Identity without the "I": A study of citation sequences and writer identity in literature review sections of dissertations / Suganthi John
- Sides of the same coin: challenges and opportunities for scholars from ESL / EFL backgrounds / Ramona Tang.