Academic Writing and Genre: A Systematic Analysis

by Ian Bruce

The focus of this book is the use of genre-based approaches to teaching academic writing. Genre-based courses enable second language learners to integrate their linguistic, organisational and contextual knowledge in a variety of different tasks. The book reviews pedagogical approaches to genre through English for Specific Purposes and Systemic Functional Linguistics to present a synthesis of the current research being undertaken in the field. From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441103082
• ISBN13: 9781441103086
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"