Contents Series editors'preface SECTION A:INTRODUCTION 7 THEME 1:CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 8 Unit A3 franca or Tyran 91624 Unit A4 Pragmatism or critique? THEME 2:LITERACIES AND PRACTICES 37 UnitA5 Discourses,communities and cultures Unit A6 vsis and EAP THEME 3:DESIGN AND DELIVERY 72 Unit A9 Needs and rights Unit A10 velopment and implementation Unit A11 Method Unit A12 88 SECTION B:EXTENSION 107 THEME 1:CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 108 Unit B1 Specific or general academic purposes? 109 Spack,R., students into the academic discourse 198 Unit B2 118 and staff feedback in higher educ ie oach 118
Contents Series editors’ preface xi Acknowledgements xiii How to use this book xv Introduction 1 SECTION A: INTRODUCTION 7 THEME 1: CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 8 Unit A1 Specific or general academic purposes? 9 Unit A2 Study skills or academic literacy? 16 Unit A3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 24 Unit A4 Pragmatism or critique? 30 THEME 2: LITERACIES AND PRACTICES 37 Unit A5 Discourses, communities and cultures 38 Unit A6 Genre analysis and academic texts 46 Unit A7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 58 Unit A8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 65 THEME 3: DESIGN AND DELIVERY 72 Unit A9 Needs and rights 73 Unit A10 Development and implementation 81 Unit A11 Methodologies and materials 89 Unit A12 Feedback and assessment 99 SECTION B: EXTENSION 107 THEME 1: CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 108 Unit B1 Specific or general academic purposes? 109 Spack, R., Initiating ESL students into the academic discourse community: how far should we go? 109 Hyland, K., Specificity revisited: how far should we go now? 113 Unit B2 Study skills or academic literacy? 118 Lea, M.R. and Street, B.V., Student writing and staff feedback in higher education: an academic literacies approach 118 v
Contents Unit B3 8 Unit B4 Pragmatism or critique? 129 ulgar pragmatism,critical pragmatism,and THEME 2:LITERACIES AND PRACTICES 138 Unit B5 Dis 139 nature in popularising netics 139 Becher,T.Academic tribes and territories:intellectual inquiry and 143 economics terts 147 Unit B6 153 153 Chang,Y.Y.and Swales,.Informal elements in English academic wnting:threats or opportunities for advanced non-native speakers' 157 Unit B7 s analysis and academic texts 163 163 features of academic speech:the role of 168 Unit B8 ing'context'in research on writing 14 THEME 3:DESIGN AND DELIVERY 179 Unit B9 180 Rights analysis:studying power relations in an academic setting 180 Unit B10 Develop 186 themes and issues in a 186 Flowerdew,L.Using a genre-based framework to teach organisational 197 202 Unit B12 Feedback and assessment 208 Ivanic,R.et al.What am I supposed to make of this?'The messages conveyed to students by tutors'written comments 208
Unit B3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 124 Swales, J.M., English as Tyrannosaurus rex 124 Unit B4 Pragmatism or critique? 129 Allison, D., Pragmatist discourse and English for Academic Purposes 129 Pennycook, A., Vulgar pragmatism, critical pragmatism, and EAP 133 THEME 2: LITERACIES AND PRACTICES 138 Unit B5 Discourses, communities and cultures 139 Myers, G., The narratives of science and nature in popularising molecular genetics 139 Becher, T., Academic tribes and territories: intellectual inquiry and the cultures of disciplines 143 Mauranen, A., Contrastive ESP rhetoric: metatext in Finnish–English economics texts 147 Unit B6 Genre analysis and academic texts 153 Yakhontova, T., ‘Selling’ or ‘telling’? The issue of cultural variation in research genres 153 Chang, Y.-Y. and Swales, J., Informal elements in English academic writing: threats or opportunities for advanced non-native speakers? 157 Unit B7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 163 Hyland, K. and Milton, J., Qualification and certainty in L1 and L2 students’ writing 163 Simpson, R., Stylistic features of academic speech: the role of formulaic speech 168 Unit B8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 174 Chin, E., Redefining ‘context’ in research on writing 174 THEME 3: DESIGN AND DELIVERY 179 Unit B9 Needs and rights 180 Benesch, S., Rights analysis: studying power relations in an academic setting 180 Unit B10 Development and implementation 186 Barron, C., Problem-solving and EAP: themes and issues in a collaborative teaching venture 186 Unit B11 Methodologies and materials 193 Johns, A., Text, role and context 193 Flowerdew, L., Using a genre-based framework to teach organisational structure in academic writing 197 Warschauer, M., Networking into academic discourse 202 Unit B12 Feedback and assessment 208 Ivanic, R. et al., ‘What am I supposed to make of this?’ The messages conveyed to students by tutors’ written comments 208 vi Contents
Contents SECTION C:EXPLORATION 215 THEME 1:CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 216 Unit C1 Unit C2 THEME 2:LITERACIES AND PRACTICES eean3seamaeemdetres 8 d analysis and EAP 82 THEME 3:DESIGN AND DELIVERY 。 Unit C9 Needs and rights Unit C11 ethoeolog6saarmiennaton Unit C12 Feedback and assessment Further reading References vil
SECTION C: EXPLORATION 215 THEME 1: CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 216 Unit C1 Specific or general academic purposes? 217 Unit C2 Study skills or academic literacy? 223 Unit C3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 229 Unit C4 Pragmatism or critique? 235 THEME 2: LITERACIES AND PRACTICES 239 Unit C5 Discourses, communities and cultures 240 Unit C6 Genre analysis and academic texts 246 Unit C7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 254 Unit C8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 262 THEME 3: DESIGN AND DELIVERY 276 Unit C9 Needs and rights 277 Unit C10 Development and implementation 282 Unit C11 Methodologies and materials 293 Unit C12 Feedback and assessment 302 Glossary 311 Further reading 318 References 325 Author index 336 Subject index 336 Contents vii
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viii Contents cross-referenced Section A: Introduction Unit A1 Specific or general academic purposes? 9 Unit A2 Study skills or academic literacy? 16 Unit A3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 24 Unit A4 Pragmatism or critique? 30 Unit A5 Discourses, communities and cultures 38 Unit A6 Genre analysis and academic texts 46 Unit A7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 58 Unit A8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 65 Unit A9 Needs and rights 73 Unit A10 Development and implementation 81 Unit A11 Methodologies and materials 89 Unit A12 Feedback and assessment 99 Section B: Extension THEME 1: Unit B1 Specific or general academic purposes? 109 CONCEPTIONS Spack, R., Initiating ESL students into the academic discourse AND community: how far should we go? 109 CONTROVERSIES Hyland, K., Specificity revisited: how far should we go now? 113 Unit B2 Study skills or academic literacy? 118 Lea, M.R. and Street, B.V., Student writing and staff feedback in higher education: an academic literacies approach 118 Unit B3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 124 Swales, J.M., English as Tyrannosaurus rex 124 Unit B4 Pragmatism or critique? 129 Allison, D., Pragmatist discourse and English for Academic Purposes 129 Pennycook, A., Vulgar pragmatism, critical pragmatism, and EAP 133 THEME 2: Unit B5 Discourses, communities and cultures 139 LITERACIES AND Myers, G., The narratives of science and nature in popularising molecular PRACTICES genetics 139 Becher, T., Academic tribes and territories: intellectual inquiry and the cultures of disciplines 143 Mauranen, A., Contrastive ESP rhetoric: metatext in Finnish–English economics texts 147 Unit B6 Genre analysis and academic texts 153 Yakhontova, T., ‘Selling’ or ‘telling’? The issue of cultural variation in research genres 153 Chang, Y.-Y. and Swales, J., Informal elements in English academic writing: threats or opportunities for advanced non-native speakers? 157 Unit B7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 163 Hyland, K. and Milton, J., Qualification and certainty in L1 and L2 students’ writing 163 Simpson, R., Stylistic features of academic speech: the role of formulaic speech 168 Unit B8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 174 Chin, E., Redefining ‘context’ in research on writing 174 THEME 1: CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES THEME 2: LITERACIES AND PRACTICES THEME 3: DESIGN AND DELIVERY
THEME 3: Unit B9 180 鸟 Unit B10 D and impleme antatio 8aS.acgamgancEAPhemendaueshd Unit B11 s and materials 18 ased framework to teach organisational 283 Unit B12 208 conveyed to s 208 Section C:Exploration THEME PTIONS Unit C1 Specific or general academic purposes? 217 Unit C2 Study skills or academic literacy? 22g CONTROVERSIES Unit C3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 229 Unit C4 Pragmatism or critique? 235 THEME 2: Unit C5 Discourses,communities and cultures 240 PRACTICES Unit C6 Genre analysis and academic texts 246 Unit C7 Corpus analysis and Unit Ca THEME 3: Unit C9 Needs and rights 277 Unit C10 Unit C11 Methodologiesand materials Unit C12 Feedback and assessment 302
ix THEME 3: Unit B9 Needs and rights 180 DESIGN AND Benesch, S., Rights analysis: studying power relations in an academic DELIVERY setting 180 Unit B10 Development and implementation 186 Barron, C., Problem-solving and EAP: themes and issues in a collaborative teaching venture 186 Unit B11 Methodologies and materials 193 Johns, A., Text, role and context 193 Flowerdew, L., Using a genre-based framework to teach organisational structure in academic writing 197 Warschauer, M., Networking into academic discourse 202 Unit B12 Feedback and assessment 208 Ivanic, R. et al., ‘What am I supposed to make of this?’ The messages conveyed to students by tutors’ written comments 208 Section C: Exploration Unit C1 Specific or general academic purposes? 217 Unit C2 Study skills or academic literacy? 223 Unit C3 Lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex? 229 Unit C4 Pragmatism or critique? 235 Unit C5 Discourses, communities and cultures 240 Unit C6 Genre analysis and academic texts 246 Unit C7 Corpus analysis and academic texts 254 Unit C8 Ethnographically oriented analysis and EAP 262 Unit C9 Needs and rights 277 Unit C10 Development and implementation 282 Unit C11 Methodologies and materials 293 Unit C12 Feedback and assessment 302 THEME 1: CONCEPTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES THEME 2: LITERACIES AND PRACTICES THEME 3: DESIGN AND DELIVERY