Instructors and directors of academic writing programs offer practical advice based on experience and research, for teachers who are new to the task or need fresh insights. The ten contributions begin with a history of first-year composition in US higher education, which is followed by discussion of how academic writing relates to the disciplines, methods for teaching writing teachers to teach writing, feedback issues and options, a case study of writing support in British higher education, emergent technologies, how to raise awareness of bilingualism and second language writing, community-based writing, and how to deal with plagiarism and patchwriting. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Teaching Academic Writing consists of ten teaching-focused chapters offering solutions to the issues confronting the teacher of academic writing. The contributors give practical advice about how to teach an academic writing class, offer classroom solutions for the novice teacher, and discuss the place of feedback and assessment. The chapters also examine the use of different media in the academic writing classroom, the problem of plagiarism, and background issues affecting students ability to learn. Including a breadth of practical advice and focused around the real issues confronting the teacher of academic writing, this will be the essential book for teachers of academic writing in higher education. Teaching Academic Writing examines the issues that confront teachers of academic writing classes. In a series of ten teacher-focused chapters, Friedrich offers practical advice and solutions in areas of teaching, assessment and feedback.
