1st Edition

A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations Focusing on the Writing Process

By John Bitchener Copyright 2018
176 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Focused on the writing process, A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations presents approaches that can be employed by supervisors to help address the writing issues or difficulties that may emerge during the provisional and confirmation phases of the thesis/dissertation journey. Pre-writing advice and post-writing feedback that can be given to students are... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

  1. Introduction
  2. Advice and feedback in the provisional enrolment period
  3. Advice on the selection of content for dissertation chapters
  4. Feedback on the selection of content for dissertation chapters
  5. Advice and feedback on the creation of argument in dissertation chapters
  6. Advice or feedback on the coherence of dissertation arguments
  7. Advice and feedback on the writing of other texts during the dissertation journey

References

Appendices

Index

Biography

John Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.