LINGUIST List 12.1158: Writing

Message 1: Writing: Student Writing; Access, Regulation, Desire, by Teresa M. Lillis

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Teresa M. Lillis, Open University, UK, STUDENT WRITING Access, Regulation, Desire "A theoretical and methodological coup! This book is challenging but critical for anyone interested in widening participation in higher education." - Min-Zhan Lu, Drake University Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by composition research from the US and academic literacies studies from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a "skill". Lillis argues for an approach that sees student writing as social practice. The book draws extensively on a three-year study with ten non-traditional students in higher education and their experience of academic writing. Using case-study material - including literacy history interviews, extended discussions with students about their writing of discipline specific essays, and extracts from essays - Lillis identifies the following three significant dimensions to academic writing: * Access to higher education and to its language and literacy representational resources * Regulation of meaning making in academic writing * Desire for participation in higher education and for choices over ways of meaning in academic writing. Lillis' book raises questions about why academics write as they do, who benefits from such writing, which meanings are valued and how, on what terms "outsiders" get to be "insiders" and at what costs. Routledge June 2001 304 pp 66 illustrations HB 0415228018 $90.00 �55.00 PB 0415228026 $29.95 �16.99 Preface: Why Write This Book Introduction: Focus and Research Background 1. Language, Literacy, and Access to Higher Education 2. Student Writing as Social Practice 3. Restricted Access to a Privileged Practice 4. The Regulation of Authoring 5. Essayist Literacy, Gender, and Desire 6. Dialogues of Participation 7. Re-thinking Student Writing in Higher Education References Appendix 1: Overview of Student-Writers Appendix 2. Details of UK Examinations, Qualifications, and Courses Appendix 3. Data Collection and Transcription Appendix 4. Feedback and Talkback Sheets

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