Academic writing and genre
Subtitle: a systematic analysis
By: Ian Bruce.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780826498441
Subjects: Literary form -- Study and teaching (Higher); Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Description: The focus of this book is the use of genre-based approaches to teaching academic writing. Genre-based courses enable second language learners to integrate their linguistic, organisational and contextual knowledge in a variety of different tasks. The book reviews pedagogical approaches to genre through English for Specific Purposes and Systemic Functional Linguistics to present a synthesis of the current research being undertaken in the field. From this theoretical base, Ian Bruce proposes a new model of genre-based approaches to academic writing, and analyses the ways in which this can be implemented in pedagogy and curriculum design. Academic Writing and Genre is a cutting-edge monograph which will be essential reading for researchers in applied linguistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.