Academic Writing in a Foreign Language: An Extended Genre Analysis of Student Texts - Couverture souple

Hüttner, Julia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3631555229 ISBN 13 : 9783631555224

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2007

Synopsis

With the rise of English as an academic lingua franca, the ability to produce academic texts in English is quickly turning into a core skill also for students whose first language is not English. Although this trend has increased the awareness of a need for specific writing instruction, systematic improvements for a theory-informed teaching practice still require more detailed knowledge of the current state of student academic writing. This contribution provides such information by means of an extended genre analysis of student texts produced by non-native speakers in the initial phase of their studies. While special emphasis is given to introductions and conclusions as two genre-constituents that place high demands on the student authors, more general theoretical issues are also explored. These relate to the use of conventionalised language, from the macro-level of genre structures to the micro-level of formulaic language.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Julia Isabel Hüttner is a lecturer in English linguistics at the University of Vienna (Austria). Her research interests lie in the area of applied linguistics, currently focusing on genre analysis and second language learning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3631555229
• ISBN 13: 9783631555224
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne