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Wilmot, Kirstin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
This paper reports on a writing group pilot programme implemented at a South African university. Drawing on literature, anonymous student evaluations and facilitator observations, it discusses the use of writing groups for supporting postgraduate academic writing practices. Developed within a broader postgraduate academic writing support…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Academic Discourse, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Olszewska, Kinga; Lock, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
In contemporary higher education there is a growing demand for academics to increase their publication output. This requirement raises the question of how institutions can best support a sustainable academic writing culture, which is needed to challenge the assumption that all academics know how to write for publication. This case study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Sustainability, Case Studies
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Caviedes, Lorena; Meza, Angélica; Rodriguez, Ingrid – HOW, 2016
This paper presents a qualitative case study that involved three groups of English as a foreign language pre-service teachers at a Colombian private university. Each group attended tutoring sessions during an academic semester. Along these sessions, students were asked to work collaboratively in the editing process of some chapters of their thesis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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Cheng, Rui – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2013
This sociopolitically-oriented case study aims to further explore the complex social network non-native students are engaged in during their literacy activities. In previous research, institutional policies, supervisors and instructors, and gatekeepers of target journals are normally regarded as key players to influence students fulfilling their…
Descriptors: Literacy, Novices, Writing Processes, Coping
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Li, Shuai, Ed.; Swanson, Peter, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Web 2.0 technologies, open source software platforms, and mobile applications have transformed teaching and learning of second and foreign languages. Language teaching has transitioned from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered approach through the use of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and new teaching approaches.…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Technology Integration, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Florence, Marilyn K.; Yore, Larry D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This multiple case study examined the coauthorship process in research laboratories of different university departments. The study focused on two cases comprising five writing teams, one in biochemistry and microbiology and four in earth and ocean sciences. The role of the research supervisor, the role of the student (graduate and postgraduate),…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Scientific Research, Microbiology, Laboratories