Integrating Writing Strategies in EFL/ESL University Contexts

A Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Approach

Jennifer Lynn Craig

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780415896719
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136649806
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Clearly explaining writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) pedagogy for English language teachers in university settings, this book offers an accessible guide to integrating writing and speaking tasks across the curriculum and in disciplinary courses. Teachers will find this book useful because its direct, practical advice can be easily incorporated in their classrooms to help their students develop advanced disciplinary English skills in writing, oral presentation, and graphical presentation. Enhancing its usefulness and relevance, each chapter includes coverage of the use of technology for teaching and learning; ways in which teachers can effectively and efficiently assess writing and speaking; and vignettes or examples to Illustrate writing strategies or assignments in different contexts. Pulling together the key features of writing-across-the-curriculum in one volume this book, is an efficient resource for busy EFL/ESL teachers worldwide.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• A Note About Terminology
• The Vignettes
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• PART I What is Writing Across the Curriculum?
• PART II Writing Across the Curriculum in the EFL/ESL Classroom
• PART III Supporting EFL/ESL Writing in Colleges and Universities
• PART IV Building Bridges Between Writing Across the Curriculum and EFL/ESL
• Conclusion
• References
• Index