Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education by Caroline Coffin (En

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Teaching Academic Writing by Caroline Coffin, Mary Jane Curry, Sharon Goodman, Ann Hewings, Theresa Lillis, Joan Swann Containing a range of diverse teaching strategies, this "toolkit" 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a toolkit designed to help higher education lecturers and tutors teach writing to their students. Containing a range of 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. Back Cover 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.Written by experienced teachers of writing, language, and linguistics, Teaching Academic Writing will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching academic writing in higher education. Author Biography Caroline Coffin, Mary Jane Curry, Sharon Goodman, Ann Hewings, Theresa M. Lillis and Joan Swann are all based at the Centre for Language and Communications, The Open University, UK. Table of Contents List of figures, List of activities, Acknowledgements, 1 Issues in academic writing in higher education, 2 Approaches to teaching writing, 3 Writing for different disciplines, 4 Planning the assessment of student writing, 5 Giving feedback on student writing, 6 Academic writing in an electronic environment, Annotated bibliography, References, Index Review With a rich and diverse supply of exercises and suggestions to incorporate into teaching and assessment, this book will be useful for academic staff in all disciplines. - Shan Wareing, Royal Holloway, University of London This book is a gem, filled with practical ideas for helping students learn to write in a discipline. Tutors will get a fresh sense of the possibilities for teaching and learning, through understanding how students make sense of a fields theories and concepts through writing. - David R. Russell, Iowa State University Review Quote This book will be a useful addition to reading lists for teacher training programmes. It will stimulate readers to approach a variety of forms of academic writing with confidence, and if used well, will enable writing ability to develop effectively. I would recommend this book for both tutors and students.- Ray Huntley, Anglia Polytechnic University, Escalate website Details ISBN0415261368 Author Joan Swann Language English ISBN-10 0415261368 ISBN-13 9780415261364 Media Book Format Paperback Series Literacies Imprint Routledge Subtitle A Toolkit for Higher Education Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 042.071 Illustrations 5 line drawings, 5 b&w photographs Edition 1st Short Title TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING Birth 1958 DOI 10.1604/9780415261364 UK Release Date 2002-11-07 AU Release Date 2002-11-07 NZ Release Date 2002-11-07 Pages 188 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-11-07 Alternative 9780415261357 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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