Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4339
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Not specified
Title: Perspectives on academic writing in european higher education : genres, practices, and competences
Authors: Kruse, Otto
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-4339
Published in: Revista de Docencia Universitaria
Volume(Issue): 11
Issue: 1
Page(s): 37
Pages to: 58
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Red Estatal de Docencia Universitaria
ISSN: 1887-4592
Language: English
Subjects: Genre; Schreibpraktiken; Wissenschaftliches Schreiben; Hochschulbildung; Academic Writing; Higher Education; Competences; Writing practices
Subject (DDC): 378: Higher education
808: Rhetoric and writing
Abstract: Academic writing in European higher education is a little explored field hidden behind fifty major language and fifty national educational systems of which it is part. The article aims at developing a perspective for studying the diversity of writing in Europe and finding a shared language for analyzing student writing. The article recaps baselines theories for the teaching of writing and reports on three important European writing traditions. The main part of the paper is devoted to three foundational conceptions for writing: The role of genres in understanding student writing, the function of writing practices for the organization of student writing and the meaning of writing competences for the teaching of writing.
La escritura académica en la educación superior europea es un campo poco explorado y oculto bajo cincuenta lenguas y otros tantos sistemas educativos nacionales que la componen. El artículo tiene por finalidad elaborar una perspectiva que nos permita estudiar la diversidad que implica escribir en Europa y desarrollar un lenguaje compartido para analizar la escritura de los estudiantes. El artículo revisa las teorías básicas en la enseñanza de la escrit ura y se centra en tres importantes tradiciones de escritura europeas. La parte principal del documento está dedicada a tres conceptos fundamentales para la escritura: el papel de los géneros en la comprensión de la escritura de los estudiantes, la función de las prácticas de escritura para organizar lo que escriben los estudiantes y el significado de las competencias comunicativas para la enseñanza de la escritura.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8653
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Applied Linguistics
Organisational Unit: Institute of Language Competence (ILC)
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Kruse, O. (2013). Perspectives on academic writing in european higher education : genres, practices, and competences. Revista de Docencia Universitaria, 11(1), 37–58. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4339
Kruse, O. (2013) ‘Perspectives on academic writing in european higher education : genres, practices, and competences’, Revista de Docencia Universitaria, 11(1), pp. 37–58. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4339.
O. Kruse, “Perspectives on academic writing in european higher education : genres, practices, and competences,” Revista de Docencia Universitaria, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 37–58, 2013, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-4339.
KRUSE, Otto, 2013. Perspectives on academic writing in european higher education : genres, practices, and competences. Revista de Docencia Universitaria. 2013. Bd. 11, Nr. 1, S. 37–58. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-4339
Kruse, Otto. 2013. “Perspectives on Academic Writing in European Higher Education : Genres, Practices, and Competences.” Revista de Docencia Universitaria 11 (1): 37–58. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4339.
Kruse, Otto. “Perspectives on Academic Writing in European Higher Education : Genres, Practices, and Competences.” Revista de Docencia Universitaria, vol. 11, no. 1, 2013, pp. 37–58, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4339.


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