What is Good Academic Writing?

This volume addresses one of the most important questions in English for Academic Purposes. The answers it provides are thoroughly grounded in practice, and presented in a way that will allow practitioners to apply them to their own writing classrooms. Taken individually, the chapters shed useful light on the textual features prized in a range of academic disciplines. Collectively, they provide an exemplary blueprint for practice-proximate work on the scholarship of teaching and learning. * Diane Pecorari, Professor of English, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * What is Good Academic Writing? provides insights into student writing in specific disciplines where teaching materials tend to be difficult to obtain (new/digital media studies, design, musicology, dentistry, fine art and linguistics). Following best ESAP practice, the chapters combine EAP and subject lecturer perspectives. They also discuss topics of wider concern to EAP, such as clarity, criticality and reflection. Informed by current research, and written by engaged practitioners, they will appeal particularly to ESAP teachers and trainees. * Sheena Gardner, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Coventry University, UK * What is Good Academic Writing? is a very welcome addition to the literature on disciplinary writing in academic settings. The chapters of the book provide insights into how good academic writing is perceived in different areas of study that will be of value to both academic writing teachers and subject area specialists. The book demonstrates the value of a focus on disciplinarity in the teaching of academic writing. It is also an outstanding example of collaborative research into the disciplinary nature of academic writing. I highly recommend it. * Brian Paltridge, Professor, The University of Sydney, Australia * This is a book for all EAP practitioners with enquiring minds. It informs us about specific disciplinary writing practices, but it also demonstrates how we can keep on exploring these practices for ourselves, in any field where good academic writing takes place. * Hilary Nesi, Professor of English Language, Coventry University, UK *