34.2899, Books: Essential Knowledge and Skills for Essay Writing: Bowen (2023)

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Date: 29-Sep-2023
From: Janet Joyce [jjoyce at equinoxpub.com]
Subject: Essential Knowledge and Skills for Essay Writing: Bowen (2023)


Title: Essential Knowledge and Skills for Essay Writing
Subtitle: A Practical Guide for ESL and EFL Undergraduates
Series Title: Frameworks for Writing
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
                http://www.equinoxpub.com/
Book URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/essential-knowledge/

Author: Neil Evan Jon Anthony Bowen
Hardback: ISBN: 9781800503663 Pages: 338 Price: U.S. $ 100
Paperback: ISBN: 9781800503670 Pages: 338 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Electronic: ISBN: 9781800503687 Pages: 338 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Abstract:

Designed for intermediate and advanced users of English, this book
offers an integrated approach to essay writing by focusing on both the
processes and products of writing. It has been developed over many
years of teaching and researching written English, in particular, with
university students in Thailand. In addition to addressing common
issues involving written English which many novice writers face, it
covers the basic elements of writing—sentences and paragraphs—and
introduces students to descriptive, narrative, expository, and
argumentative writing. The book’s content and layout are carefully
tailored for student writers, as reflected in color highlighting of
important text and images, placement of key information in boxes, and
inclusion of plentiful exercises with answer keys. Care has also been
taken to avoid formality and unnecessary complexity. Model examples
taken from actual students’ essays as well as published texts help to
ensure the book’s appeal and educational value to its intended
audience of novice writers.
Drawing on the Systemic Functional Linguistics of Michael Halliday and
others, each of the five units begins with a form–function
orientation. The purpose is to raise students’ awareness of the links
between language structures at the micro-level of words, phrases, and
clauses, and to introduce them to higher-order rhetorical goals at the
macro-level of paragraphs and essays. Students learn to recognize and
evaluate texts for key language features (formal knowledge), such as
descriptive phrases, figurative language, and various types of
transitions. Students then practice putting these elements together to
form larger functional units (rhetorical knowledge), focusing on
unity, cohesion, and a clear overall purpose. Each unit then focuses
on generating ideas and content (subject knowledge) using critical
questions, collaborative discussions, and visualization techniques. At
strategic points, students are cycled through key reflective practices
(process knowledge) as a way to help them complete longer writing
tasks. These longer tasks include clear scoring rubrics, which can be
used by the student or teacher as a means to gauge progress and
provide feedback.The book will help students acquire essential
knowledge alongside transferable and functional skills—both of which
can be applied across areas of study and in future writing projects.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Written In: English (eng)

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http://old.linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=173973



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