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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Publications by Tony Dudley-Evans; Distanced and refined selves: educational tensions in writing with the power of knowledge; The future is with us: preparing diverse students for the challenges of university texts and cultures; Descriptions or explanations? Some methodological issues in Contrastive Rhetoric; From evidence to conclusion: the case of ''indicate that''; ''In my opinion'': the place of personal views in undergraduate essays; Analysing genre: some conceptual issues; Abstracting from abstracts |
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Short answers in first-year undergraduate science writing. What kind of genres are they?Introductory textbooks and disciplinary acculturation: a case study from social anthropology; Cyberdiscourse, evolving notions of authorship, and the teaching of writing; Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith''s Wealth of Nations; Active verbs with inanimate subjects in scientific research articles; There''ll be some changes made: predicting future events in academic and business genres; Anticipatory ''it'' in academic writing: an indicator of disciplinary difference and developing disciplinary knowledge |
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Reflections on collaborative practice in EAP materials productionReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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This volume explores a number of themes of current interest to those engaged in researching and teaching academic genres: the social and cultural context of academic writing; differences between the academic and non-academic text; the analysis of particular text types; variation within and across disciplines; and applications of theory in the teaching of writing. The contributors include many of today''s most influential scholars in the area of academic literacy, working in a wide variety of tertiary academic contexts in Britain, Finland, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, Australia and the United States. T |
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Print version record |
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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Academic writing.
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Academic writing
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English language -- Rhetoric
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441163509 |
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1441163506 |
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