Writing Programs Worldwide

Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places

Chris Thaiss, Gerd Bräuer

• Publisher: Parlor Press, LLC
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781602353435
• eBook ISBN: 9781602353459
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Education Administration
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

WRITING PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE offers an important global perspective to the growing research literature in the shaping of writing programs. The authors of its program profiles show how innovators at a diverse range of universities on six continents have dealt creatively over many years with day-to-day and long-range issues affecting how students across disciplines and languages grow as communicators and learners.

Table of contents

• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• CONTENTS
• Chapter 1. Origins, Aims, and Uses of Writing Programs Worldwide: Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places
• Chapter 2. Teaching Academic Literacy Across the University Curriculum as Institutional Policy: The Case of the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina)
• Chapter 3. Writing to Learn Biology in the Framework of a Didactic-Curricular Change in the First Year Program at an Argentine University
• Chapter 4. Developing Students’ Writing at Queensland University of Technology
• Chapter 5. Teaching Academic Writing at the University of Wollongong
• Chapter 6. The SchreibCenter at the Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria
• Chapter 7. The Academic Writing Research Group at the University of Vienna
• Chapter 8. From Remediation to the Development of Writing Competences in Disciplinary Contexts: Thirty Years of Practice and Questions
• Chapter 9. Academic Literacies in the South: Writing Practices in a Brazilian University
• Chapter 10. Writing Programs Worldwide: One Canadian Perspective
• Chapter 11. Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg
• Chapter 12. Xi’an International Studies University (XISU, 西安外国语大学)
• Chapter 13. Training Experiences in Reading and Writing in a Colombian University: The Perspective of a Professor
• Chapter 14. The Progression and Transformations of the Program of Academic Reading and Writing (PLEA) in Colombia’s Universidad Sergio Arboleda
• Chapter 15. From Working with Students to Working through Faculty: A Genre-centered Focus to Writing Development
• Chapter 16. The Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo: Achievements and Challenges
• Chapter 17. Providing a Hub for Writing Development: A Profile of the Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), Coventry University, England
• Chapter 18. Thinking Writing at Queen Mary, University of London
• Chapter 19. The Teaching of Writing Skills in French Universities: The Case of the Université Stendhal, Grenoble III
• Chapter 20. Literacy Development Projects Initiating Institutional Change
• Chapter 21. Writing at RWTH Aachen (Germany): Lessons from “Technik im Klartext”
• Chapter 22. Student Writing in the University of Madras: Traditions, Courses, Ambitions
• Chapter 23. The Regional Writing Centre at the University of Limerick
• Chapter 24. New Writing in an Old Land
• Chapter 25. The Development of an Academic Writing Centre in the Netherlands
• Chapter 26. Teaching Writing at AUT University: A Model of a Seminar Series for Postgraduate Students Writing Their First Thesis or Dissertation
• Chapter 27. Developing a “Kiwi” Writing Centre at Massey University, New Zealand
• Chapter 28. The Writing Centre at St. Mary’s University College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Chapter 29. The Ups and Downs of the Interdisciplinary Writing Center of the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus
• Chapter 30. Academic Writing at the University of Dundee: A Perspective from Scotland
• Chapter 31. Changing Academic Landscapes: Principles and Practices of Teaching Writing At the University of Cape Town
• Chapter 32. Academic Communication Strategies at Postgraduate Level
• Chapter 33. Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Lingual Engineering Education Writing Development: A Writing Programme Perspective
• Chapter 34. Shaping the Multimedia Mindset: Collaborative Writing in Journalism Education
• Chapter 35. The Place of Writing in Translation: From Linguistic Craftsmanship to Multilingual Text Production
• Chapter 36. A Writing Center Journey at Sabanci University, Istanbul
• Chapter 37. Writing Programs Worldwide: Profile of the American University of Sharjah (AUS)
• Chapter 38. The City University of New York: The Implementation and Impact of WAC/WID in a Multi-Campus US Urban University
• Chapter 39. Writing at UC Davis: Writing in Disciplines and Professions from the Undergraduate First Year through Graduate School
• Chapter 40. Section Essay: Academic Literacy Development
• Chapter 41. Section Essay: Who Takes Care of Writing in Latin American and Spanish Universities?
• Chapter 42. Section Essay: Reflecting on What Can Be Gained from Comparing Models of Academic Writing Provision
• About the Authors and Editors
• Index
• Back cover