Academic writing in the disciplines: Practices in nursing, midwifery and social work

• Autores: Julio Gimenez
• Localización: English for Professional and Academic Purposes / coord. por Miguel Francisco Ruiz Garrido, Juan Carlos Palmer Silveira, Inmaculada Fortanet Gómez, 2010, ISBN 978-90-420-2955-2, págs. 197-211
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Research has demonstrated that academic writing is one of the essential skills thatuniversity students need to master, sometimes before they start university. Thisapplies to both general and discipline-specific writing. However, we still know verylittle about writing practices in disciplines such as nursing, midwifery and socialwork. Based on a two-year research study, the chapter explores the practicesassociated with writing specific genres in these disciplines and the difficultiesstudents face when writing. It first reports on the results of a survey the studentscompleted and then presents three case studies which support the results. The chapterfinally examines pedagogical implications resulting from the study.