Description: Academic Literacy and Student Diversity : The Case for Inclusive Practice, Paperback by Wingate, Ursula, ISBN 1783093471, ISBN-13 9781783093472, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book recommends solutions to the perceived problem that in the ., student academic literacy at the university level is declining. It finds current remedial approaches to the problem misconceived: most models of academic literacy are concerned with academic writing only, which is too narrow. The author identifies the flaws in instruction and university policies and beliefs. It discusses discipline-specific approaches and how to make those approaches work for all students. Innovative teaching examples are cited. There is a detailed account of the difficulties students encounter in reading to write, covering both students from the . and international students. The last two chapters propose an inclusive model of academic literacy instruction based on genre analysis; and report on an intervention using genre analysis for instruction.
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Book Title: Academic Literacy and Student Diversity : The Case for Inclusive
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Academic Literacy and Student Diversity : the Case for Inclusive Practice
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Adult & Continuing Education, English As a Second Language, Study & Teaching, Higher, Literacy
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Ursula Wingate
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Item Width: 5.8 in
Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
