Teaching academic writing : a toolkit for higher education /

Student academic writing is at the heart of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed largely by what they write, and need to learn both general academic conventions as well as disciplinary writing requirements in order to be successful in higher education. Teaching Academic W...

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Other Authors: Coffin, Caroline, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, ©2003.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Student academic writing is at the heart of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed largely by what they write, and need to learn both general academic conventions as well as disciplinary writing requirements in order to be successful in higher education. Teaching Academic Writing is a 'toolkit' designed to help higher education lecturers and tutors teach writing to their students. Containing a range of diverse teaching strategies, the book offers both practical activities to help students develop their writing abilities and guidelines to help lecturers and tutors think in more depth about the assessment tasks they set and the feedback they give to students. The authors explore a wide variety of text types, from essays and reflective diaries to research projects and laboratory reports. The book draws on recent research in the fields of academic literacy, second language learning, and linguistics. It is grounded in recent developments such as the increasing diversity of the student body, the use of the Internet, electronic tuition, and issues related to distance learning in an era of increasing globalisation. -- Publisher description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi-xii, 175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203994892
9780203994894