Genre and Graduate-Level Research Writing Contributor(s): Cheng, An (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472037064 ISBN-13: 9780472037063 Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Research - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship |
Dewey: 808.02 |
LCCN: 2020276721 |
Series: Michigan Series on Teaching Multilingual Writers |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the context of the well-known pedagogical materials for graduate-level writers by Swales & Feak, An Cheng has written a resource that provides support for instructors who have the daunting task of scaffolding graduate writers' efforts to navigate discipline-specific research genres--genres that may be unfamiliar to instructors themselves. Genre and Graduate-Level Research Writing is grounded in genre-based theory and full of best practices examples. The book opens by presenting the case for the use of genre in graduate-level research writing and by examining rhetorical consciousness-raising and its ties to genre. Unique to the volume is a thorough analysis of the materials designed to teach genre and research writing--focused on the textbooks of Swales & Feak (e.g., Academic Writing for Graduate Students) and similar texts. Other chapters provide examples of discovery-based genre tasks, evaluative methods for assessing discipline-specific writing, and techniques for becoming a more confident instructor of graduate-level research writing. |