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Researching Learning and Learners in Genre-Based Academic Writing Instruction

Researching Learning and Learners in Genre-Based Academic Writing Instruction

Wang, Wei
Gotti, Maurizio

Hardcover

Series: Linguistic Insights, Book 247

German

ISBN10: 3034332971
ISBN13: 9783034332972
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Published: Jul 20 2018
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

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