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Title Academic writing in a second or foreign language [electronic resource] : issues and challenges facing ESL/EFL academic writers in higher education contexts / edited by Ramona Tang.

Imprint London ; New York : Continuum International Pub., 2012.

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Description xii, 250 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The issues and challenges facing academic writers from ESL / EFL contexts: An overview / Ramona Tang -- PART 1: Learning to write for academic purposes: Identifying and addressing challenges to international publication success for EFL science researchers: Implementing an integrated training package in China / Margaret Cargill & Patrick O'Connor -- Text and corpus work, EAP writing, and language learners / Giuliana Diani -- The impact of experience and beliefs on Chinese EFL student writers' feedback preferences / Guangwei Hu & Hongwei Ren -- Thesis and dissertation writing: moving beyond the text / Brian Paltridge & Lindy Woodrow -- PART 2: Features of ESL / EFL learner discources : The challenges of writing a successful thesis conclusion / Jo Lewkowicz -- EFL / ESL writers and the use of shell nouns / Hilary Nesi & Emma Moreton -- Writing in tables and lists: A study of Chinese students' undergraduate assignments in UK universities / Maria Leedham -- PART 3: Identity work and professional opportunities in academic writing: Writing and researching between and beyond the labels / Hanako Okada & Christine Pearson Casanave -- Identity without the "I": A study of citation sequences and writer identity in literature review sections of dissertations / Suganthi John -- Sides of the same coin: challenges and opportunities for scholars from ESL / EFL backgrounds / Ramona Tang.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
Academic writing -- Study and teaching.
Second language acquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Tang, Ramona.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781441112163 (hardback)
1441112162 (hardback)
9781441173980 (e-book)

 
    
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