Researching Learning and Learners in Genre-based Academic Writing Instruction

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1: Second Language Genre Learning
• 1.1 Genre and genre learning
• 1.1.1 Genre
• 1.1.2 Genre knowledge, genre learning, and learners
• 1.2 Research on genre learning
• 1.2.1 Genre learning communities
• 1.2.2 Genre learning tasks
• 1.2.3 Individual factors of genre learning
• 1.3 A specific genre focused – learning thesis writing
• 1.3.1 Definition and description of the thesis genre
• 1.3.2 Thesis writing research
• 1.3.3 Learning thesis writing
• 1.4 Research focus and design of the current study
• Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework
• 2.1 Three strands of theories
• 2.2 Mediated action
• 2.3 L2 writer characteristics
• 2.3.1 Learner autonomy
• 2.3.2 Discoursal identity
• 2.3.3 Critical language awareness
• 2.4 Genre knowledge development
• 2.4.1 Multidimensional genre knowledge development
• 2.4.2 Metacognitive genre awareness
• 2.5 An integrated theoretical framework
• Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology
• 3.1 Research design
• 3.2 Research context
• 3.3 Participants
• 3.4 Methods of data collection
• 3.4.1 Interviews
• 3.4.2 Documents
• 3.5 Research procedures
• 3.5.1 Recruitment of participants
• 3.5.2 Research sessions
• 3.6 Data analysis methods
• 3.6.1 Constant-comparative method
• 3.6.2 Textual analysis
• 3.7 Trustworthiness of the study
• Chapter 4: Genre Learning Actions
• 4.1 Responding to explicit instruction
• 4.2 Interacting with the course instructor
• 4.2.1 Obtaining assistance with writing practice
• 4.2.2 Obtaining assistance with research procedures
• 4.3 Engaging in writing practice
• 4.4 Drawing on discipline-specific subjects
• 4.5 Discussion
• 4.5.1 Primary access to genre knowledge
• 4.5.2 Individualized scaffolding
• 4.5.3 Extension of the learning context
• Chapter 5: Individual Factors of Genre Learners
• 5.1 English proficiency
• 5.1.1 Paraphrasing
• 5.1.2 Use of reporting verbs
• 5.2 Self-initiative
• 5.3 Previous L2 writing experiences
• 5.4 Discussion
• 5.4.1 Language development and genre learning
• 5.4.2 Self-initiative in genre learning
• 5.4.3 Re-mediation of prior L2 writing knowledge
• 5.4.4 Pragmatic critical awareness
• Chapter 6: Developing Genre Knowledge
• 6.1 Formal knowledge
• 6.2 Rhetorical knowledge
• 6.2.1 Sociorhetorical purpose
• 6.2.2 Intertextuality
• 6.2.3 Authorial stance
• 6.3 Process knowledge
• 6.4 Subject-matter knowledge
• 6.4.1 Lack of sufficient disciplinary knowledge
• 6.4.2 Enhanced understanding of subject matter
• 6.5 Discussion
• 6.5.1 Developing macro-level and micro-level formal knowledge
• 6.5.2 Rhetorical knowledge in instruction-based genre learning
• 6.5.3 Process knowledge development in an instructional context
• 6.5.4 Interplay between multiple genre knowledge domains
• 6.5.5 Characteristics of the learners’ genre knowledge and the preparedness of EAP thesis writing class
• Chapter 7: Learning and Teaching in Genre-based Academic Writing Classes
• 7.1 An instruction-based genre learning model
• 7.1.1 Learning community
• 7.1.2 Individual factors of learners
• 7.1.3 Genre knowledge
• 7.2 Implications for genre-focused academic writing classes
• 7.2.1 Scaffolding genre knowledge and metacognitive genre awareness
• 7.2.2 Combining genre-focused writing instruction with disciplinary ways of knowing and doing
• 7.2.3 Adjusting to individual factors of genre learners
• 7.3 Future research on academic genre learning
• References
• Appendix A: An interview guide (students)
• Appendix B: An interview guide (the course instructor)
• Appendix C: A guide for keeping process logs
• Appendix D: A sample extract of interview transcripts
• Appendix E: An overview of participants’ writing
• Appendix F: A sample of participants’ written texts
• Appendix G: A sample extract of participants’ process logs
• Appendix H: A sample of discourse-based interviews
• Appendix I: Move-step structure of participants’ writing
• Index
• Series index