Researching Learning and Learners in Genre-based Academic Writing Instruction
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- ISBN 9783034332972
- Weight: 479g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2018
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book contributes insights into second language (L2) students’ learning of academic genres in English for academic purposes (EAP) writing classes by its focus on the current EAP practice in the context of higher education of China. It presents knowledge construction of genre learning research in L2 writing and English for specific purposes (ESP) genre studies, and reports an in-depth qualitative inquiry into three issues of instruction-based genre learning in an academic writing class: students’ learning process of an academic genre in the community of an EAP writing class, students’ individual factors in the learning process, and genre knowledge development through engagement in genre-focused writing instruction. The book has theoretical implications for learning English for academic purposes as well as for learning English as a foreign language in general. It also has pedagogical implications for genre teaching in EAP at Chinese universities and similar educational contexts.
Wei Wang holds a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is currently a lecturer in College English Centre at Fudan University (P. R. China), where she teaches courses in English for academic purposes. Her research interests include second language academic writing and genre-based pedagogy. Her publication has appeared in English for Specific Purposes and University of Sydney Papers in TESOL.
