Language in the Academy - Cultural Reflexivity and Intercultural Dynamics

This book tdiscusses why issues of language in higher education are routinely marginalised, despite the internationalisation of universities. It locates the construction of rhetorical norms and values for academic writing within wider cultural practices and power relations and observes the transformative dynamic of intercultural communication.

About the author

Joan Turner is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Language and Academic Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has worked extensively with international students as they familiarise themselves with the demands of UK academic culture, as well as with home students getting to grips with academic writing. Her research interrogates the context of operation for this work. She has published in the fields of Academic Literacies, Conceptual Metaphor, Cross-cultural pragmatics, English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, and Writing Research.

Summary

This book tdiscusses why issues of language in higher education are routinely marginalised, despite the internationalisation of universities. It locates the construction of rhetorical norms and values for academic writing within wider cultural practices and power relations and observes the transformative dynamic of intercultural communication.

Product details

• Authors: Turner, Dr Joan Turner, Joan Turner
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2010
• EAN: 9781847693228
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-322-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 221 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 402 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system