Crossing Borders, Writing Texts, Being Evaluated

Cultural and Disciplinary Norms in Academic Writing

AvAnne Golden,Lars Anders Kulbrandstad

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This book provides critical perspectives on issues relating to writing norms and assessment, as well as writing proficiency development, and suggests that scholars need to both carefully examine testing regimes and develop research-informed perspectives on tests and testing practices. In this way schools, institutions of adult education and universities can better prepare learners with differing cultural experiences to meet the challenges. The book brings together empirical studies from diverse geographical contexts to address the crossing of literacy borders, with a focus on academic genres and practices. Most of the studies examine writing in countries where the norms and expectations are different, but some focus on writing in a new discourse community set in a new discipline. The chapters shed light on commonalities and differences between these two situations with respect to the expectations and evaluations facing the writers. They also consider the extent to which the norms that the writers bring with them from their educational backgrounds and own cultures are compromised in order to succeed in the new educational settings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-14
Mått:156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Perspectives on Language and Education
Antal sidor:166
Förlag:Multilingual Matters
ISBN:9781788928557

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Mer om författaren

Anne Golden is an Emeritus Professor of Second Language Acquisition at MultiLing, the University of Oslo, Norway.Lars Anders Kulbrandstad is an Emeritus Professor of Norwegian at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and a Senior Professor of Swedish as a Second Language at Karlstad University, Sweden.Lawrence Jun Zhang is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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This thought-provoking book is truly crossing borders in its themes, locations, and researcher profiles. It shows convincingly the range and span of the linguistic and social issues that writers from diverse backgrounds face when entering new contexts and facing new circumstances and genres. A must-read for all those teaching and evaluating writing.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsContributorsPreface Chapter 1. Anne Golden and Lars Anders Kulbrandstad: Crossing BordersChapter 2. Anne Golden and Lars Anders Kulbrandstad: When Errors Are CorrectedChapter 3. Rosmawati: Writing Academically in English as a Second Language: The Case of Syntactic ConstructionsChapter 4. Zhihui Fang and Guofang Li: Writing in School Science for EAL Students: Linguistic Challenges and Pedagogical Response Chapter 5. Morena Botelho de Magalhães: Supporting EAL Writing Development in the Early Stages of the Doctorate: Candidates from the East Writing in the WestChapter 6. Kirsi Leskinen: Agency in L2 Academic Literacies: Immigrant Students’ Lived Experiences in FocusChapter 7. Jihua Dong: Constructing Persuasion: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Chinese and English Student WritingsChapter 8. Lawrence Jun Zhang: Crossing Literacy Borders through Writing: Transformational Apprenticeship and Repositioning of EAL LearnersIndex