Families of genres of assessed writing

Hilary Nesi; Sheena Gardner

Families of genres of assessed writing

College of Arts & Society

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Abstract

Hyland’s definition of genres as ‘abstract, socially recognised ways of using language’ is general enough to be widely acceptable, but as such it masks significant differences in how genres are more specifically defined and operationalised in research and teaching contexts. This chapter explains what we mean by academic genres, and how we classify genres of assessed student writing into groups of similar genres, called genre families.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	English for Academic Purposes
Editors	Helen Basturkmen
Publisher	Routledge
ISBN (Print)	9780415716345
Publication status	Published - 2015

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1 Participation in conference
1 Invited talk

Why academic writing isn't all the same
Hilary Nesi (Invited speaker)
22 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Metadiscourse across Languages and Contexts
Hilary Nesi (Keynote Speaker)
18 Oct 2019 → 20 Oct 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

Sheena Gardner
- Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities - Professor of Applied Linguistics
Person: Teaching and Research
Hilary Nesi
- Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities - Professor in English Language
Person: Teaching and Research

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Families of genres of assessed writing

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Why academic writing isn't all the same

Metadiscourse across Languages and Contexts

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Sheena Gardner

Hilary Nesi

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