Teaching Academic Writing

by Patricia Friedrich (Editor)

Teaching Academic Writing consists of ten teaching-focused chapters offering solutions to the issues confronting the teacher of academic writing. The contributors give practical advice about how to teach an academic writing class, offer classroom solutions for the novice teacher, and discuss the place of feedback and assessment. The chapters also examine the use of different media in the academic writing classroom, the problem of plagiarism, and background issues affecting students' ability to learn.

Including a breadth of practical advice and focused around the real issues confronting the teacher of academic writing, this will be the essential book for teachers of academic writing in higher education.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 2008

About the author

Patricia Friedrich is a Professor at Arizona State University, having received her Ph.D. from Purdue University. She teaches courses in composition, linguistics, peace, and culture. She writes about the intersection of these areas. Her non-fiction work has appeared in eight books—including Language, Negotiation and Peace: the use of English in conflict resolution (2007), Teaching Academic Writing (ed. 2009), Nonkilling Linguistics: practical applications (ed. 2012), The Literary and Linguistic Construction of OCD (2015), The Sociolinguistics of Digital Englishes (2016), and English for Diplomatic Purposes (ed. 2016)— and in over 40 book chapters and journal articles in such publications as Harvard Business Review, International Multilingual Research Journal, and World Englishes. Her fiction has been published in several literary magazines including Eclectic Flash, The Linnet's Wings, and Birkensnake, as well as in the anthology Flash in the Attic. Her novel The Art of Always was awarded first place at a regional RWA competition and was published in 2022 by The Wild Rose Press. She is also an author of romance under the pseudonym Eliza Emmett. All the Parts of Your Soul, her next novel (with Jen Jensen), is forthcoming. She lives in Arizona.

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic induction for would-be college writing instructors. Save for chapter 3, which delves into the world of managing the instruction of instructors, the rest of the book offers practical and relevant assistance. The first chapter is so good as an historical anchor and theoretical timeline, it is about to become a part of the graduate-level course for college instructors at ISU by my recommendation.