Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language

Ramona Tang

ISBN 10: 1472522664 / ISBN 13: 9781472522665

Published by Bloomsbury 3PL, 2013

About this Item

Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language | Ramona Tang | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2013 | Bloomsbury 3PL | EAN 9781472522665 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language
• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472522664
• ISBN 13: 9781472522665
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 15D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 418 grams
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Synopsis

It can be a challenge writing in a language that is not your native tongue. Constructing academic essays, dissertations and research articles in this second or foreign language is even more challenging, yet across the globe thousands of academics and students do so, some out of choice, some out of necessity. This book looks at a major issue within the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). It focuses on the issues confronting non-native-English-speaking academics, scholars and students, who face increasing pressure to write and publish in English, now widely acknowledged as the academic lingua franca. Questions of identity, access, pedagogy and empowerment naturally arise. This book looks at both student and professional academic writers, using qualitative text analysis, quantitative questionnaire data, corpus investigations and ethnographic approaches to searchingly examine issues central to the EAP field.

About the Author

Ramona Tang is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.