English as an International Language: Perspectives and Pedagogical Issues

Research and enquiry skills are increasingly required of students at all levels of the higher education curriculum, and this requires a sophisticated pedagogical response. The question is: how can we integrate current knowledge about academic writing with current knowledge about supervision? This article integrates different approaches to writing with an established theory of supervision to develop a new model for supervising the writing component of the doctoral curriculum. Theory-driven and research-based, the original model integrated five different approaches, that is, functional, enculturation, critical thinking, emancipation and relationship development and offered a way forward that has been used in many supervisor development programmes. The adaptation offered here provides a new framework for supervising writing that integrates different approaches and draws on a range of literature and research. It could help supervisors to recognise, choose from and combine the approaches to supervising writing...

Supervising writing: helping postgraduate students develop as researchers

Brief Contents Contents Preface Part I: Reading and Writing in the Academic Disciplines Chapter 1: Active Critical Reading Academic Reading-Writing Process Conversation with the Texts Active Critical Reading Keeping a Writer's Notebook Prereading Preview the Text and Ask Questions that Will Help You Set Goals for Close Reading Use Freewriting and Brainstorming to Recall Your Prior Knowledge and Express Your Feelings about the Reading Topic Close Reading Mark, Annotate, and Elaborate on the Text Take Effective Notes Pose and Answer Questions about the Text Reading for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features Genre Organization Stylistic Features Rhetorical Context of Text Rhetorical Context of Your Reading Analyze Writing Assignments Chapter 2: Responses, Paraphrases, Summaries, and Quotations Write an Informal Response Convert Informal Response to Response Essay Paraphrase Summarize Quote Altering Quotations Weaving Quotations into Your Essay Chapter 3: Critical Analysis Part I: Critical Analysis Focus of the Chapter Adopting a Questioning Frame of Mind Types of Analyses You Will Be Asked to Write Importance of Genre Knowledge Approaches to Analysis Purpose of Critical Analysis Critical Analysis and the Academic Conversation *Examination of "Dry Your Eyes: Examining the Role of Robots for Childcare Applications," by David Feil-Seifer and Maja J. Mataric's Critical Analysis of Noel Sharkey and Amanda Sharkey's, "The Crying Shame of Robot Nannies: An Ethical Appraisal" Part II: Writing a Critical Analysis: A Detailed Demonstration of Reading-Writing Process Critical Reading Planning Drafting Revising the Preliminary Draft Editing Student's Critical Analysis Essay: Final Draft Chapter 4: Literary Analysis and Comparative Analysis Literary Analysis Process of Writing a Literary Analysis Comparative Analysis Incorporate Comparative Analysis into Longer Essays Stand-Alone Comparative Analysis of Texts Process of Writing a Comparative Analysis of Texts Sample Comparative Analysis Essay A Brief Word About Other Types of Analysis Essays Rhetorical Analysis Process Analysis Casual Analysis Chapter 5: Visual Analysis Principles of Visual Analysis Portfolio of Photographs Overview of Visual Analysis Process of Writing a Visual Analysis Essay Previewing Viewing for Content Viewing for Genre, Organization, and Stylistic Features Viewing for Rhetorical Context Chapter 6: Synthesis Analysis and Synthesis Process of Writing Synthesis Essays Examine the Assignment Determine Your Rhetorical Purpose: Purposes for Synthesizing Sources Ask Questions to Identify Relationships among the Sources Formulate a Thesis and Review the Texts Process of Writing an Exploratory Synthesis Decide on Rhetorical Purpose Formulate Working Thesis Process of Writing a Literature Review *Examination of "Adolescents' Expressed Meanings of Music In and Out of School": Patricia Shehard Campbell, Claire Connell, and Amy Beegle's Literature Review Organize the Literature Review to Focus on Ideas Rather than Sources Process of Writing a Thesis-Driven Synthesis Support Thesis with Evidence Examination of Student's Thesis-Drive Synthesis Revising Synthesis Essays Chapter 7: Argument Nature of Academic Argument Argument in a Broad Sense and Argument in a Specialized Sense Specialized Argument Expressed as Statement vs. Specialized Argument Synthesized with Sources Developing Support for Arguments Joining the Academic Conversation *Examination of "Predators or Plowshares? Arms Control of Robotic Weapons," Robert Sparrow's Argument Synthesis Process of Writing an Argument Synthesis Essay Differentiate Between Issues and Topics Differentiate Between Claims and Evidence Differentiate Between Opinions and Reasons Probe Both Sides of the Issue Question the Reading Sources State Your Claim Support Reasons with Evidence from Reading Sources Acknowledge and Respond to Competing Claims Illustration of Student's Process in Writing an Argument Synthesis Essay Consider Audience Determine Issue, Thesis, and Competing Positions Organize Argument Synthesis Essays Acknowledge and Respond to Alternative views in Separate, Self-Contained Sections Acknowledge and respond to Objections in a Point-by-Point Fashion Revising and Editing Chapter 8: Writing Research Papers The Research Paper: An Introduction Identify a Research Topic: The Role of the Assignment Illustration of a Student's Process of Writing a Research Paper Select a Research Topic Develop a Research Strategy Set a Schedule Brainstorm a Preliminary Search Vocabulary Determine How You Will Find the Sources Locate Sources in an Academic Library Use Catalogues to Find Books Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Library of Congress and OCLC World Cat Bibliographic Details for Electronic Sources A Word About Electronic Retrieval Systems Types of Searches Conduct Research on the World Wide Web Advantages and Disadvantages of the Web Advantages of College Libraries Find Digital Resources on the Web How to Increase the Precision of Your Web Search Evaluate What You Find Which Articles Are the Most Important How to Evaluate Web Sources Evaluate Information Sources Collect Information on Your Own Modify Your Search Strategy Excerpt Information from Sources and Cite What You Find Using a Standard Format Formulate a Working Thesis Planning the Research Paper Select an Organizational Plan Outline Write from Your Outline Revising Part II: An Anthology of Readings Natural Sciences and Technology Chapter 9: Who Owns Your Body? *"Who Owns Your Body Parts?" by Kerry Howley *"Donors Have No Rights to Donated Tissue" by Kristine E. Schleiter, JD, LLM *"The Trouble with Organ Trafficking," by Arthur Caplan *"Why We Need a Market for Human Organs," by Sally Satel *"The Gendered Language of Gamete 'Donation'," by Caroline Rubin Chapter 10: Human/Machine Interaction *"Humanoid and Android Science," by Hiroshi Ishiguro and Minoru Asada *"Looking Forward to Sociable Robots," by Glenda Shaw-Garlock *"The Ethical Frontier of Robotics," by Noel Sharkey *"The Way Forward in the World of Robotics," Kenneth W. Goodman and Norman G. Einspruch Chapter 11: Privacy and Technology *"I Just Called to Say I Love You," by Jonathan Franzen "Kyllo v. United States: Technology v. Individual Privacy," by Thomas Colbridge *"The Anonymity Experiment," by Catherine Price "Trading Liberties for Illusions," by Wendy Kaminer *"If Looks Could Kill," The Economist Social Sciences Chapter 12: The Changing American Family "What Is a Family," by Pauline Irit Erera "Children of Gay Fathers," by Robert L. Barret and Bryan E. Robinson "Cohabitation Instead of Marriage," by James Q. Wilson *"The Origins of the Ambivalent Acceptance of Divorce," by Andrew J. Oberlin "Absent Fathers: Why Don't We Ever Talk about the Unmarried Men?" by Rebecca M. Blank *"The Ballad of a Single Mother," by Lynn Olcott Chapter 13: Social Class and Inequality "Born Poor and Smart," by Angela Locke *"Culture of Success," by Brink Lindsey "The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty," by Herbert J. Gans *"The Inequality Challenge," by Matt Yglesias "Serving in Florida," by Barbara Ehrenreich "Middle of the Class," The Economist "When Shelter Feels Like a Prison," by Charmion Browne Humanities Chapter 14: Rock Music and Cultural Values "Toward an Aesthetic of Popular Music," by Simon Frith *"Music and Morality," by Roger Scruton "Redeeming the Rap Experience," Venise Berry *"Digital Music: You Are What You Listen To," by Lane Jennings *"Of Ipods and Dirty Underwear," by James Rosen Chapter 15: Stories of Ethnic Difference "A Different Mirror," by Ronald Takaki "Jasmine," by Bharati Mukherjee "Snapshots," by Helena Maria Viramontes "Between the Pool and the Gardenias," Edwidge Danticat "Bohemians," by George Saunders Chapter 16: Three Visual Portfolios Portfolio 1: Images of Families Portfolio 2: Images of Inequality Portfolio 3: Images of Ethnic Diversity Appendix: Documenting Sources Index

Writing in the disciplines : a reader and rhetoric for academic writers

This case study reports on a Writing in the Disciplines intervention for doctoral students in science education held at Coventry University in May 2010. Unique features of this event compared with previous ones are described, including the use of an online writing peer review system. An overview is provided of the subjects covered in the training and issues that emerged during the discussions. The outcome of the event on the day is discussed and an evaluation of the event as a whole is provided. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of developing social communities in writing, the effectiveness of supporting them with an online writing peer review system and the tensions created by the provision on subject specialist feedback alongside generic writing specialist feedback.

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Jeanne Griffin

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Report on postgraduate training event in science education writing