Writing with Students: New Perspectives on Collaborative Writing in EAP Contexts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350297708)

Beginning with a review of the theory and pedagogic practices that have been influential in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) contexts, this book examines the practice of joint constructionin a genre-based approach to literacy pedagogy. It investigates how teachers guide students to co-construct a text, drawing attention to the contested rationale for teachers taking a leading rolewhen writing collaboratively with their students.


Informed by systemic functional linguistics, the book puts forward an accessible approach to the analysis of classroom discourse that centres on the dynamic mediation of meaning. Through examples of classroom interaction involving international students who are studying EAP, and specifically as preparation for university entrance, it illuminates how classroom metalanguage and the organisation of classroom talk enables teachers to guide but not provide wording; metalanguage also enables students to critique and justify their choices as they 'try out' new academic language, modify and improve their writing.

Author: Lucy Macnaught
ISBN-10: 1350297704
ISBN-13: 9781350297708
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2024
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d