Title: John Bitchener, Neomy Storch, and Rosemary Wette (eds): Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students: Instructional Approaches
Abstract: Academic writing instruction may be viewed as a balance between teaching and tutoring. In the former, concepts are introduced and in the latter, feedback and guidance are offered. The increasing numbers of multilingual students at English-speaking universities has complicated matters for writing instructors, and a growing body of scholarship related to second language (L2) academic writing is available which may help them adapt their instructional methodology. Despite the sizeable body of research into English for academic purposes (EAP)-related writing, much of it remains manifest in journal papers and, according to the editors of the work here under review, has yet to migrate into edited collections. Teaching Writing for Academic Purposes to Multilingual Students (hereafter Teaching Writing) is editors’ John Bitchener, Neomy Storch, and Rosemary Wette’s response to this deficit. The volume features 13 chapters by 12 eminent L2 writing researchers and practitioners, who address aspects of instructional approach to academic writing instruction. Collectively, the chapters focus very much on tertiary-level academic writing and assume a reasonably high level of English proficiency on the part of learners. Although corrective feedback practices are aptly covered, the book generally focuses on teaching rather than tutoring. Due to the volume’s combination of practical pedagogical advice and L2 writing theory, it should appeal to practitioners, researchers, graduate students, and administrators.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-12-13
Language: en
Type: article
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