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UNINA9910825331903321 |
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Titolo |
Discipline-specific writing : theory into practice / / edited by John Flowerdew and Tracey Costley |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-51899-6 |
1-315-51901-1 |
1-315-51900-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language arts (Higher) - Correlation with content subjects |
English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching (Higher) |
Interdisciplinary approach in education |
Language and education |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This edited collection draws from the Summer Institute for Creative and Discovery-based Approaches to Teaching University English for Specific Disciplines that was held by the department of English, at City University of Hong Kong in 2014." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction / Tracey Costley and John Flowerdew -- 2. Investigating local sociocultural and institutional contexts for discipline-specific writing / Richard W. Forest and Tracy S. Davis -- 3. Developing writing courses for specific academic purposes / Helen Basturkmen -- 4. The role of grammar in the discipline-specific writing curriculum / Lindsay Miller and Jack C. Richards -- 5. Approaches and perspectives on teaching vocabulary for discipline-specific academic writing / Averil Coxhead -- 6. Using genre analysis to teach writing in the disciplines / Sunny Hyon -- 7. Teaching writing for science and technology / Jean Parkinson -- 8. Using annotated bibliographies to develop student writing in social sciences / Damian Fitzpatrick and Tracey Costley -- 9. Discipline-specific writing for business students : research, practice and pedagogy / Julio Gimenez -- 10. Teaching English for research |
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publication purposes with a focus on genre, register, textual mentors and language re-use : a case study / John Flowerdew and Simon Ho Wang -- 11. Introducing corpora and corpus tools into the technical writing classroom through Data-Driven Learning (DDL) / Laurence Anthony -- 12. Critical literacy writing in ESP : perspectives and approaches / Christian W. Chun -- 13. Towards a specific writing language assessment at Hong Kong universities / Jane Lockwood. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discipline-Specific Writing provides an introduction and guide to the teaching of this topic for students and trainee teachers. This book highlights the importance of discipline-specific writing as a critical area of competence for students, and covers both the theory and practice of teaching this crucial topic. With chapters from practitioners and researchers working across a wide range of contexts around the world, Discipline-Specific Writing: Explores teaching strategies in a variety of specific areas including science and technology, social science and business; Discusses curriculum development, course design and assessment, providing a framework for the reader; Analyses the teaching of language features including grammar and vocabulary for academic writing; Demonstrates the use of genre analysis, annotated bibliographies and corpora as tools for teaching; Provides practical suggestions for use in the classroom, questions for discussion and additional activities with each chapter. Discipline-Specific Writing is key reading for students taking courses in English for Specific Purposes, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, TEFL and CELTA. |
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