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

Bitchener, John

ISBN 10: 0415631807 / ISBN 13: 9780415631808

Published by Routledge, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415631807
• ISBN 13: 9780415631808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Focused on the writing process, A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations 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.

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.

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.

About the Author

John Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.