Developing and assessing academic and professional writing skills

Academic literacy used to be considered a complex set of skills that develop automatically as a by-product of academic socialization. Since the Bologna Reform with its shorter degree programmes, however, it has been realized that these skills need to be fostered actively. Simultaneously, writing ski...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Göpferich, Susanne (Editor), Göpferich, Susanne, editor (editor), Neumann, Imke, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2016
Frankfurt am Main, [Germany] : 2016.
Colección:Forum Angewandte Linguistik ; Band 56.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745315606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. I Vocabulary and terminology in academic writing
  • Writing for specific purposes: Developing business students' ability to `technicalize' / Christine S. Sing
  • Coverage and development of academic vocabulary in assessment texts in English Medium Instruction / Magnus Gustafsson
  • pt. II Complex writing competence constructs
  • Assessing writing in vocational education and training schools: Results from an intervention study / Otto Kruse
  • Writing competence profiles as an assessment grid?
  • Students' L1 and L2 writing competences and their development after one semester of instruction / Imke Neumann
  • pt. III Subjective conceptions of writing and how to foster it
  • Portfolios as a means of developing and assessing writing skills / Sandra Ballweg
  • "Prepare an outline first and then just write spontaneously"
  • An analysis of students' writing strategies and their attitudes towards professional writing / Melanie Steindl.