Building Genre Knowledge

Christine M. Tardy Second Language Writing Series Edited by Paul Kei Matsuda Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-112-7 (paperback, $32.00); 978-1-60235-113-4 (hardcover, $65.00) 978-1-60235-114-1 (PDF, $19.99) © 2009 by Parlor Press; 331 pages, with illustrations, notes, and bibliography. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. About This Book Building Genre Knowledge traces the writing of four multilingual graduate students in engineering and computer sciences over time, offering a window into the writers’ processes in developing increasingly sophisticated knowledge of academic and professional genres. These in-depth longitudinal case studies follow the writers’ trajectories through the overlapping settings of writing classrooms, disciplinary content classrooms, and scholarly research. The writers’ texts, interview discussions, professors’ feedback, and classroom experiences together construct a rich picture of the conflict