Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations

<p>Focused on the writing process <i>A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations</i> presents approaches that can be employed by supervisors to help address the writing issues or difficulties that may emerge during the provisional and confirmation phases of the thesis/dissertation journey. Pre-writing advice and post-writing feedback that can be given to students are explained and illustrated.</p><p>A growing number of students who are non-native speakers of English are enrolled in Masters and PhD programmes at universities across the world where English is the language of communication. These students often encounter difficulties when writing a thesis or dissertation in English – primarily understanding the requirements and expectations of the new academic context and the conventions of academic writing.</p><p>Designed for easy use by supervisors this concise guide focuses specifically on the relationship between reading for and preparing to write the various part-genres or chapters; the creation of argument; making and evaluating claims judgements and conclusions; writing coherent and cohesive text; meeting the generic and discipline-specific writing conventions; designing conference abstracts and PowerPoint presentations; and writing journal articles.</p>