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What is good academic writing? : insights into discipline-specific student writing / edited by Melinda Whong and Jeanne Godfrey.

Contributor(s): Whong, Melinda [editor.] | Godfrey, Jeanne [editor.].
Series: New perspectives for English for academic purposes.Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, ©2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: x, 197 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781350110380; 1350110388.Subject(s): Academic writing | Language arts (Higher) -- Correlation with content subjects | Academic writing | Language arts (Higher) -- Correlation with content subjectsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction : the good writing project / Melinda Whong and Jeanne Godfrey -- A collaborative scholarship model of EAP research and practice / Jeanne Godfrey and Melinda Whong -- The written discourse genres of digital media studies / Simon Webster -- Exploring clarity in the discipline of design / Clare Maxwell -- Musicology and its others / Karen Burland, Edward Venn and Scott McLaughlin -- Good academic reflective writing in dentistry / Marion Bowman -- Dissertations in fine art / Sara Montgomery -- Good writing in linguistics / Diane Nelson and Valentina Brunetto -- Afterword / Ian Bruce.
Summary: "Each chapter provides an answer to the titular question by an EAP expert based on research which includes analysis of student writing and interviews with academics from around the world, as they are the people who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline. Chapters look at established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the good writing project / Melinda Whong and Jeanne Godfrey -- A collaborative scholarship model of EAP research and practice / Jeanne Godfrey and Melinda Whong -- The written discourse genres of digital media studies / Simon Webster -- Exploring clarity in the discipline of design / Clare Maxwell -- Musicology and its others / Karen Burland, Edward Venn and Scott McLaughlin -- Good academic reflective writing in dentistry / Marion Bowman -- Dissertations in fine art / Sara Montgomery -- Good writing in linguistics / Diane Nelson and Valentina Brunetto -- Afterword / Ian Bruce.

"Each chapter provides an answer to the titular question by an EAP expert based on research which includes analysis of student writing and interviews with academics from around the world, as they are the people who determine what 'good writing' is in their discipline. Chapters look at established disciplines which have had less attention in the EAP and academic writing literature to date, including music, formal linguistics, and dentistry, as well as new and growing fields of study such as new media"--

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