An A to W of Academic Literacy: Key Concepts and Practices for Graduate Students

An A to W of Academic Literacy is designed for graduate students of all language backgrounds and at any level of study. It is created as a comprehensive reference for graduate students. As a glossary of terms, it can also be used as a supplemental textbook for graduate workshops and seminars and by writing consultants and instructors across the disciplines.

The guide includes 65 common academic literacy terms and explores how they relate to genres, writing conventions, and language use. Each entry briefly defines the term, identifies variations and tensions about its use across disciplines, provides examples, and includes reflection questions. An appendix lists further readings for each entry.

Unique to this volume are comments featuring the experiences of the graduate students who wrote the entries, comments that bring each entry to life and build a bridge to graduate student readers.


Author: Mary Jane Curry
Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT
Published: 04/05/2021
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780472037735
ISBN10: 0472037730
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher
- Foreign Language Study | English as a Second Language