Developing Discipline-specific Academic Writing Skills of Hong Kong ESL Learners

Publisher: Common Ground Publishing

E-ISSN: 1447-9559|8|9|211-218

ISSN: 1447-9508

Source: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review, Vol.8, Iss.9, 2010-01, pp. : 211-218

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Abstract

In this paper, we shall explore academic writing in the framework of academic literacy development among Hong Kong university ESL learners of language and education programs. We shall also discuss discipline-specific academic writing in terms of the continuum comprising academic writing in science, social science and humanities and the implications for developing academic writing skills of Hong Kong ESL learners. In particular, we shall discuss in detail a number of issues regarding academic writing in the disciplines of language and education.