Crossing Borders, Writing Texts, Being Evaluated Cultural and Disciplinary Norms in Academic Writing

• Main Authors: Golden, Anne, Kulbrandstad, Lars Anders, Zhang, Lawrence Jun
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Channel View Publications 2021; Multilingual Matters
• Edition: 1
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Subjects: Academic writing; Academic writing > Study and teaching; Academic writing > Study and teaching > Congresses; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Conference papers and proceedings; Conference papers and proceedings lcgft; Congresses; Education; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education; EDUCATION / Higher; English language; English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers; English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers > Congresses; Essays; Essays lcgft; Foreign speakers; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Language & Literature; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; Linguistics; Rhetoric; Study and teaching; Writing skills; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Writing skills
• ISBN: 1788928555; 9781788928557; 1788928563; 9781788928564; 9781788928588; 178892858X
• DOI: 10.21832/9781788928571

This book provides critical perspectives on issues relating to writing norms and assessment, as well as writing proficiency development, and suggests that scholars need to both carefully examine testing regimes and develop research-informed perspectives on tests and testing practices. In this way schools, institutions of adult education and universities can better prepare learners with differing cultural experiences to meet the challenges. The book brings together empirical studies from diverse geographical contexts to address the crossing of literacy borders, with a focus on academic genres and practices. Most of the studies examine writing in countries where the norms and expectations are different, but some focus on writing in a new discourse community set in a new discipline. The chapters shed light on commonalities and differences between these two situations with respect to the expectations and evaluations facing the writers. They also consider the extent to which the norms that the writers bring with them from their educational backgrounds and own cultures are compromised in order to succeed in the new educational settings.