Developing international EFL/ESL scholarly writers /
This text provides a research-based approach for developing EFL/ESL writers in disciplinary/professional context. Research results disclose the interplay among strategies, skills, quality assessment, and stages (a) defining strategic competence for participants, and (b) acting as catalyst for increa...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Studies in second and foreign language education [ssfle]; 7 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781614512691 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781614512691.jpg |
Summary: |
This text provides a research-based approach for developing EFL/ESL writers in disciplinary/professional context. Research results disclose the interplay among strategies, skills, quality assessment, and stages (a) defining strategic competence for participants, and (b) acting as catalyst for increasing writing proficiency in a legal research paper or article. |
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1 online resource(xvii,296pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
ISBN: | 9781614512691 |
Index Number: | P301 |
CLC: | H315 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Foreword / Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Making a Difference in the Academic Writing of International Graduate Students -- 2. What We Know About Academic Writer Challenges and Differences -- 3. Determining What International Student Writers Know and Can Do -- 4. Research Population Representativeness and Research Methods -- 5. Performance Enhancing Measures -- 6. Variables Influencing Strategic Competence -- 7. Profiles -- 8. Developing Learner-User Agency -- 9. Connecting Learning with Teaching -- 10. Coda Chapter: Transformation in a Nutshell -- References -- Key Definitions -- Appendix -- Index. |