Second Language Writing Paperback – 4 July 2019
Ken Hyland . Cambridge University Press . English
Authoritative and accessible, this book introduces the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of EFL/ESL learners. While assuming no specialist knowledge, Ken Hyland systematically sets out the key issues of course design, lesson planning, texts and materials, tasks, feedback and assessment and how current research can inform classroom practice. This second edition is completely revised to include up-to-date work on automated feedback, plagiarism, social media, Virtual Learning Environments and teacher workload issues. It takes the clear stance that student writers not only need realistic strategies for drafting and revising, but also a clear understanding of genre to structure their writing experiences according to the expectations of particular communities of readers and the constraints of particular contexts. Review exercises, reflection questions, plentiful examples and a new extensive glossary make the book invaluable to both prospective and practicing teachers alike.
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About the Author
Ken is a well-known researcher and author in academic discourse, writing and EAP. He is currently Honorary Professor of Applied Linguistics in education at the University of East Anglia. According to the Stanford/Elsevier analysis of the Scopus database, he is the world’s most influential scholar in language and linguistics. He was previously a professor at University College London, the UEA and the university of Hong Kong. He is best known for his research into writing and academic discourse, having published 280 articles and 29 books on these topics with 77,500 citations on Google Scholar. A collection of his work was published as The Essential Hyland (Bloomsbury, 2018). He is the Editor of two book series with Routledge and Bloomsbury, is a visiting professor at Jilin University and a Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. He was founding co-editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes and co-editor of Applied Linguistics. His pleasures are slow breakfasts and fast hiking.
