Perspectives on Good Writing in Applied Linguistics and TESOL - 9780472039401

The University of Michigan Press

Perspectives on Good Writing in Applied Linguistics and TESOLAuthor(s): Robert Kohls, Christine Pearson Casanave\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472039401, 978-0472039401\nSynopsis\nIn order to teach, evaluate, and research academic writing, scholars and writing teachers need to have a clear and explicit idea of what they mean by good or bad writing rather than taking an intuitive, I know it when I see it approach. In Perspectives on Good Writing in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, seasoned scholars and pre-service writing teachers offer their insights into the nature and activity of effective writing in first and additional languages at the college and university level. Readers will find first-person accounts of well-established scholars learning to write and publish in English, conceptual articulations on the nature of writing and academic publishing, and how perspectives on good wg