Discipline-Specific Writing

<p><em>Discipline-Specific Writing</em> provides an introduction and guide to the teaching of this topic for students and trainee teachers. This book highlights the importance of discipline-specific writing as a critical area of competence for students and covers both the theory and practice of teaching this crucial topic. With chapters from practitioners and researchers working across a wide range of contexts around the world <i>Discipline-Specific Writing:</i></p><ul> <li>Explores teaching strategies in a variety of specific areas including science and technology social science and business;</li> <li>Discusses curriculum development course design and assessment providing a framework for the reader;</li> <li>Analyses the teaching of language features including grammar and vocabulary for academic writing;</li> <li>Demonstrates the use of genre analysis annotated bibliographies and corpora as tools for teaching;</li> <li>Provides practical suggestions for use in the classroom questions for discussion and additional activities with each chapter.</li> </ul><p>Discipline-Specific Writing is key reading for students taking courses in English for Specific Purposes Applied Linguistics TESOL TEFL and CELTA.</p>