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
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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