Teaching and Researching Writing

Applied Linguistics in Action

by Ken Hyland

This book provides an authoritative, readable and up-to-date guide to the major themes and developments in current writing theory, research and teaching. Written in a clear, accessible style, it covers theoretical and conceptual issues, addresses current questions and shows how research has fed into state-of-the-art teaching methods, practices, materials and software applications. Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition also contains a new chapter on important issues in writing such as genre, context and identity. The book The combination of teaching and research analysis with practical information makes this an invaluable resource for teachers, supervisors, students, materials writers, trainers and professionals engaged in language study and teaching.

Genres: Teaching, Research

280 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2001

About the author

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities and an Honorary Professor at Warwick University, Jilin University and Hong Kong University.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a comprehensive overview of much of the research (largely, but not exclusively, in linguistics) that's been conducted into writing and writing processes. In my mind, this is more useful to have as a reference book than as a book to read since the high-level of the overview (despite the useful case studies and examples) really prevents the book from having as much meat is it could. That said, it's truly comprehensive and the described changes to this edition make it much better than the prior one.