Goals for academic writing : ESL students and their instructors /
edited by Alister Cumming.
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2006.
- xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Language learning and language teaching, v. 15 1569-9471 ; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-188) and index.
1. Foreword (by Grabe, William); 2. 1. Introduction, purpose, and conceptual foundations (by Cumming, Alister); 3. Section I. The Main Study; 4. 2. Context and design of the research (by Cumming, Alister); 5. 3. Students' Goals for ESL and University Courses (by Zhou, Ally); 6. 4. A Study of contrasts: ESL and university instructors' goals for writing improvement (by Cummings, Jill); 7. Section II. Case Studies; 8. 5. Nine Chinese students writing in university courses (by Yang, Luxin); 9. 6. Students' and instructors' assessments of the attainment of writing goals (by Barkaoui, Khaled); 10. 7. The language of intentions for writing improvement: A systemic functional linguistic analysis (by Busch, Michael); 11. 8. Goals, motivations, and identities of three students writing in English (by Kim, Tae-Young); 12. 9. Variation in goals and activities for multilingual writing (by Gentil, Guillaume); 13. Section III. Implications; 14. 10. Implications for pedagogy, policy, and research (by Cumming, Alister); 15. References; 16. Appendices; 17. Subject Index; 18. Contributors
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Research. English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers. English language--Written English. English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Canada. Academic writing--Study and teaching--Canada.