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BAAL/CUP Seminars 2010

Academic writing in the 21st century: Theories and methods for investigating, describing and explaining academic texts and literacy practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2011

James Donohue*
Affiliation:
The Open Universityj.p.donohue@open.ac.uk

Extract

The Open University, Milton Keynes, 21 April 2010

This seminar, organised by Caroline Coffin and Jim Donohue (both from the Open University, UK), took the form of a day of dialogue between invited experts and other interested parties, including academic writing practitioners, researchers and postgraduate students. The invited speakers were asked to form panels representing either Academic Literacies or Systemic Functional Linguistics.

Type
Research in Progress
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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