Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education (Cambridge Applied Linguistics) - Softcover

Nesi, Hilary; Gardner, Sheena

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9780521149594: Genres across the Disciplines: Student Writing in Higher Education (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 0521149592 ISBN 13: 9780521149594
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Genres across the Disciplines presents cutting edge, corpus-based research into student writing in higher education. Genres across the Disciplines is essential reading for those involved in syllabus and materials design for the development of writing in higher education, as well as for those investigating EAP. The book explores creativity and the use of metaphor as students work towards becoming experts in the genres of their discipline. Grounded in the British Academic Written English (BAWE) corpus, the text is rich with authentic examples of assignment tasks, macrostructures, concordances and keywords. Also available separately as a hardback.

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Genres across the Disciplines is essential reading for those involved in syllabus and materials design for the development of writing in higher education, as well as for those investigating EAP. The book explores creativity and the use of metaphor as students work towards becoming experts in the genres of their discipline. Grounded in the British Academic Written English (BAWE) corpus, the text is rich with authentic examples of assignment tasks, macrostructures, concordances and keywords. Also available separately as a hardback.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521149592
ISBN 13 
9780521149594
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
308
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