Academic writing in a second or foreign language : issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers in higher education contexts / / edited by Ramona Tang.

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:xii, 250 p. :; ill.
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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.