Attitudinal Evaluation in Chinese University Students' English Writing

A Contrastive Perspective
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-10-6414-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, Chinesisch, Band 4, 141 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3613 g

Reihe: Corpora and Intercultural Studies

Provides a comprehensive and multidimensional investigation of attitudinal evaluation in foreign language learners’ English writing
Presents a methodological model for conducting ecologically valid contrastive discourse analysis
Offers a valuable reference guide to applying the appraisal framework in textual analysis

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCabe, Anne

Liu, Xinghua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Contrastive Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Evaluation in Student Writing: Constructing Interaction, Voice and Stance.- Chapter 3 Linguistic Study of Evaluation in Writing.- Chapter 4 A Study of Attitude in Student Writing.- Chapter 5 Appraisal Analysis.- Chapter 6 Conclusions and Implications.- References.- Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Xinghua Liu received his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, UK and completed his post-doctorate training in writing research at Arizona State University, USA. He has extensive teaching and research experience in second language writing and is a published researcher in this area. 
Dr. Anne McCabe obtained her Ph.D. in Language Studies at Aston University, UK, and has taught first-year University writing in English at Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus for over twenty-five years. She has published widely in areas related to academic writing, education, and the media, using a variety of discourse analytical tools.