Fr. 236.00

Student Writing - Access, Regulation, Desire

English · Hardback

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"Student Writing explores:
Access to higher education and to its representational resources-the language and literary resources available for making meaning
Regulation of meaning making in academic literacy practices
Desire for participation in higher education and for choices over ways of meaning in academic writing.

List of contents

List of figures and tables, Preface: why write this book?, Acknowledgements, Introduction: focus and research background, 1 Language, literacy and access to higher education, 2Student writing as social practice, 3 Restricted access to a privileged practice, 4 The regulation of authoring, 5 Essayist literacy, gender and desire, 6 Dialogues of participation, 7 Re-thinking student writing in higher education, Appendices, References, Index

About the author

Theresa M. Lillis is Lecturer in language and education at the Centre for Language and Communications at the Open University

Summary

Lillis' reflective study of academic writing practices challenges current discourse on writing as 'skill'. Containing detailed studies, as well as theory and analysis from the UK and US, the book has a strong international focus.

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