A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations: Focusing on the Writing Process
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415631815 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 174 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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. John Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Focused on the writing process, A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations presents approaches that can be employed by supervisors to help address the writing issues or difficulties that may emerge during the provisional and confirmation phases of the thesis/dissertation journey. These students often encounter difficulties when writing a thesis or dissertation in English – primarily, understanding the requirements and expectations of the new academic context and the conventions of academic writing. A growing number of students who are non-native speakers of English are enrolled in Masters and PhD programmes at universities across the world where English is the language of communication. Pre-writing advice and post-writing feedback that can be given to students are explained and illustrated. Designed for easy use by supervisors, this concise guide focuses specifically on the relationship between reading for and preparing to the write the various part-genres or chapters; the creation of argument; making and evaluating claims, judgements and conclusion
. About the AuthorJohn Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand