Goals for Academic Writing
ESL students and their instructors
Editor
| Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in academic programs at two Canadian universities. The researchers present a detailed framework to describe these goals from the perspectives of the students as well as their instructors. The goals are analyzed for groups of students from particular backgrounds internationally, for changes over time, and in relation to the ESL and academic courses. The authors use activity theory, goal theory, various sociolinguistic concepts, and multiple data sources (interviews, observations, stimulated recalls, questionnaires, and text analyses) to provide a contextually-grounded perspective on learning, teaching, writing, second-language development, and curriculum policy. The book will interest researchers, educators, and administrators of ESL, university, college, and literacy programs around the world.
[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 15] 2006. xii, 204 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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ForewordWilliam Grabe | pp. vii–xii
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1. Introduction, purpose, and conceptual foundationsAlister Cumming | pp. 1–17
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Section I. The Main Study
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2. Context and design of the researchAlister Cumming | pp. 21–28
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3. Students’ Goals for ESL and University CoursesAlly Zhou, Michael Busch, Guillaume Gentil, Keanre Eouanzoui and Alister Cumming | pp. 29–49
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4. A Study of contrasts: ESL and university instructors’ goals for writing improvementJill Cummings, Usman Erdosy and Alister Cumming | pp. 50–69
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Section II. Case Studies
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5. Nine Chinese students writing in university coursesLuxin Yang | pp. 73–89
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6. Students’ and instructors’ assessments of the attainment of writing goalsKhaled Barkaoui and Jia Fei | pp. 90–107
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7. The language of intentions for writing improvement: A systemic functional linguistic analysisMichael Busch | pp. 108–124
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8. Goals, motivations, and identities of three students writing in EnglishTae-Young Kim, Kyoko Baba and Alister Cumming | pp. 125–141
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9. Variation in goals and activities for multilingual writingGuillaume Gentil | pp. 142–156
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Section III. Implications
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10. Implications for pedagogy, policy, and researchAlister Cumming | pp. 159–173
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Appendices | pp. 189–198
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Subject Index | pp. 199–201
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Contributors | pp. 203–204
“Cumming et al. have developed an important descriptive framework for the interpretation of writing goals in academic settings, and they offer a range of insights on goal setting for L2 writers as well as writing in university settings more generally.”
William Grabe, Northern Arizona University
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Linguistics
BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General