Goals for academic writing: ESL students and their instructors

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 presen...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Cumming, Alister (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2006]
Schriftenreihe:Language learning and language teaching 15
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.15
https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.15
Zusammenfassung: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 activi
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-188) and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 204 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9789027293312
9027293317
DOI:10.1075/lllt.15