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What is good academic writing? [electronic book] : insights into discipline-specific student writing / edited by Melinda Whong and Jeanne Godfrey.

Contributor(s): Whong, Melinda [editor] | Godfrey, Jeanne [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: New perspectives for English for academic purposes.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Description: online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781350110380 (hardback); 9781350110403 (e-book); 9781350110410 (e-book); 9781350110397 (e-book).Subject(s): Academic writing | Language arts (Higher) -- Correlation with content subjects | Bloomsbury Education CollectionDDC classification: 808.02 Online resources: Access eBook
Contents:
Introduction : the good writing project -- A collaborative scholarship model of EAP research and practice -- The written discourse genres of digital media studies -- Exploring clarity in the discipline of design -- Musicology and its others -- Good academic reflective writing in dentistry -- Dissertations in fine art -- Good writing in linguistic.
Summary: "Each chapter provides an answer to the titular question by an EAP expert based on research which includes analysis of student writing and interviews with academics from around the world, as they are the people who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline. Chapters look at established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media"-- Provided by publisher.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book is published open access. The field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) developed to address the needs of students whose mother tongue is not English. However, the linguistic competence required to achieve academic success at any university where English is the medium of instruction is a challenge for all students. While there are linguistic features common to academic literacy as a general genre, closer investigation reveals significant differences from one academic field to another. This volume asks what good writing is within specific disciplines, focussing on student work. Each chapter provides key insights by EAP professionals, based on their research in which they bring together analysis of student writing and interviews with subject specialists and markers who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline.
The volume includes chapters on established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the good writing project -- A collaborative scholarship model of EAP research and practice -- The written discourse genres of digital media studies -- Exploring clarity in the discipline of design -- Musicology and its others -- Good academic reflective writing in dentistry -- Dissertations in fine art -- Good writing in linguistic.

"Each chapter provides an answer to the titular question by an EAP expert based on research which includes analysis of student writing and interviews with academics from around the world, as they are the people who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline. Chapters look at established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction.:
Bloomsbury Collections. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Melinda Whong is Associate Professor of Language Education, and Director of the Center for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
Jeanne Godfrey is Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. She has held the positions of Head of Department, Principal Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, and Chair of BALEAP. She is the author of several EAP student books.