Teaching Academic Writing

Patricia Friedrich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and History at Arizona State University, USA.

"Teaching Academic Writing is an excellent text for novice as well as experienced writing teachers.  Friedrich has compiled a variety of well-written articles, some of which include the common thread of teaching across disciplines and each with a different focus on academic writing.  Several chapters include valuable reference/website lists and evaluation forms.  Each writer clearly expresses chapter themes through discourse and by providing comprehensive examples.  As someone who has taught academic writing for many years, I found many innovative ideas worth trying in the classroom.  I highly recommend this book to any educator who teaches writing, whether their students are nonnative or native speakers of the language." - JALT, November 2009

• 1. First-Year Composition in the 20th Century U.S. Higher Education: An Historical Overview, A. Abby Knoblauch, (University of New Hampshire, USA and Paul Matsuda, Arizona State University, USA); 2. Disciplines: Academic Writing and the Disciplines, Sian Etherington (University of Salford, UK); 3. Pedagogy: Teaching Writing Teachers To Teach Writing, Duku Anokye (Arizona State University, USA); 4. Tasks: Assignments and Activities in Teaching Academic Writing, Christine Tardy (DePaul University, USA) and Jennifer Courtney (Rowan University, USA); 5. Feedback: Issues & Options, Dana Ferris (California State University Sacramento, USA); 6. Support: Writing Support in British Higher Education: An Institutional Case Study, John Morley (University of Manchester, USA); 7. Technology: Emergent Technologies and Academic Writing: Paying Attention to Rhetoric and Design (Shawn Casey and Cindy Selfe, The Ohio State University, USA); 8. Diversity: 'I want to be part of the club': Raising Awareness of Bilingualism and Second Language Writing Among Monolingual Users of English, Patricia Friedrich (Arizona State University, USA); 9. Community: Eccentric Maps: Community-Based Writing and Rhetorical Aims, Michael Stancliff (Arizona State University, USA); 10. Academic Integrity: Plagiarism, Patchwriting and Source Use: Best Practice in the Composition Classroom, Diane Pecorari (Malardalen University, USA); Contributor Biographies.