Academic writing in a second or foreign language : issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers in higher education contexts

Focuses on the issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL students and scholars who choose to, or have to, write in English in higher education contexts

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tang, Ramona (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Continuum International , c2012
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245 0 0 |a Academic writing in a second or foreign language :   |b issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers in higher education contexts   |c edited by Ramona Tang 
260 |a London :   |b Continuum International ,   |c c2012 
300 |a xii, 250 p :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references 
505 0 |a 1. The issues and challenges facing academic writers from ESL / EFL contexts: An overview -- 2. Identifying and addressing challenges to international publication success for EFL science researchers : Implementing an integrated training package in China -- 3. Text and corpus work, EAP writing, and language learners -- 4. The impact of experience and beliefs on Chinese EFL student writers' feedback preference -- 5. Thesis and dissertation writing : moving beyond the text -- 6. The challenges of writing a successful thesis conclusion -- 7. EFL / ESL writers and the use of shell nouns -- 8. Writing in tables and lists : a study of Chinese students' undergraduate assignments in UK universities -- 9. Writing and researching between and beyond the labels -- 10. Identity without the "I" : A study of citation sequences and writer identity in literature review sections of dissertations -- 11. Two sides of the same coin : challenges and opportunities for scholars from ESL / EFL backgrounds 
520 |a Focuses on the issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL students and scholars who choose to, or have to, write in English in higher education contexts 
650 0 |a Academic writing   |x Study and teaching 
650 0 |a English language   |x Rhetoric   |x Study and teaching   |x Foreign speakers 
650 0 |a Second language acquisition 
700 1 |a Tang, Ramona ,   |e author 
999 |a 1000150182   |b Book   |c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)   |e Gong Badak Campus