Teaching and testing academic writing: exploring staff and learner experiences

Etherington, S

Abstract

This paper reports on a small scale action research project concerning subject lecturers' and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) learners' understandings and experiences of writing in a UK university setting and considers how this can usefully inform the testing (and teaching) of academic writing on pre-sessional EAP programmes. The research used interviews with both academic staff and international students to explore notions of academic writing in different subject areas, and the ways in which students’ understandings developed as they progressed further into academic study. The changes in viewpoints have implications for pre-sessional teaching and testing, and for the further teaching of writing within subject departments.

Citation

Etherington, S. (2006, January). Teaching and testing academic writing: exploring staff and learner experiences. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Education in a Changing Environment
• Conference Location: University of Salford, UK
• Start Date: Jan 12, 2006
• End Date: Jan 13, 2006
• Deposit Date: Jun 3, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 3, 2009
• Publisher URL: http://www.ece.salford.ac.uk/proceedings/papers/se_06.rtf
• Additional Information: Additional Information : ISBN: 9781905732074; Event Type : Conference