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Author Casanave, Christine Pearson, 1944-

Title Writing games : multicultural case studies of academic literacy practices in higher education / Christine Pearson Casanave.

Publication Info. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 316 pages 24 cm)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-306) and index.
Contents Foreword; Preface; 1. GAMES AND FRAMES: WHEN WRITING IS MORE THAN WRITING; 2. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHANGE: LEARNING AND TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC LITERACY GAMES; 3. STEPPING INTO THE PROFESSION: WRITING GAMES IN MASTERS PROGRAMS; 4. REDEFINING THE SELF: THE UNSETTLING DOCTORAL PROGRAM GAME; 5. JUGGLING AND BALANCING GAMES OF BILINGUAL FACULTY; 6. BENDING THE RULES; 7. THE PARADOXICAL EFFORT AFTER COHERENCE IN ACADEMIC WRITING GAMES; Appendices; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
Summary This work explores how writers from several different cultures learn to write in their academic settings, and how their writing practices intersect with their evolving identities as students and professionals in academic environments.
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Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers -- Case studies.
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers.
Academic writing -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
Academic writing -- Study and teaching.
Social aspects.
Second language acquisition -- Case studies.
Second language acquisition.
Multicultural education -- Case studies.
Multicultural education.
Educational games -- Case studies.
Educational games.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Casanave, Christine Pearson, 1944- Writing games. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002 080583530X 0805835318 (DLC) 2001055592 (OCoLC)48390484
ISBN 1410612368 (electronic book)
9781410612366 (electronic book)
9780805835304 (acid-free paper)
080583530X (acid-free paper)
9780805835311 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
0805835318 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
080583530X (acid-free paper)
0805835318 (paperback ; acid-free paper)