Methods of Writing and Writing Research

Applied Linguistics in Action

by Ken Hyland, Park Young-min

The new edition of Ken Hyland’s text provides an authoritative guide to writing theory, research, and teaching. Emphasising the dynamic relationship between scholarship and pedagogy, it shows how research feeds into teaching practice. Teaching and Researching Writing  introduces readers to key conceptual issues in the field today and reinforces their understanding with detailed cases, then offers tools for further investigating areas of interest. This is the essential resource for students of applied linguistics and language education to acquire and operationalise writing research theories, methods, findings, and practices––as well as for scholars and practitioners looking to learn more about writing and literacy.New to the fourth

Genres: Teaching, Research

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.