Category Archives: WrAP1

Here it is… the review I wrote for the Writing for Academic Practice unit. The main part of the assignment was a reflective and critical commentary on the selected journal and the choices made in constructing the review; this was just … Continue reading →

Hmm yes… I feel like I’ve finally had my fill of deconstructing book reviews! Just need to pull all this analysis together and then it’s time to try my hand at my own… This last one is from the March … Continue reading →

Here is a second analysis of a book review from the International Journal of Academic Development. This time the reviewer is Erika Kustra, writing in 2013 about Tony Harland’s ‘University Teaching: an introductory guide’ (2012). P1: Opening sentence comments favourably … Continue reading →

…I thought I might as well analyse a second book review… no point in rushing my own… haha… This is a breakdown of a review from my chosen journal – the International Journal of Academic Development. The reviewer is Dorothy … Continue reading →

In preparation for writing my own book review for the WrAP 1 unit, I’ve analysed the moves in a review of a book I am already familiar with. The following is a breakdown of Robert Farrow’s (2013) review of Martin … Continue reading →

Hyland, K. (2000) Praise and criticism: interactions in book reviews. In Disciplinary Discourses. University of Michigan Press. I enjoyed this… Like all Hyland’s work it is accessibly written so one can motor through the non-essential bits without losing the thread. … Continue reading →

Hyland, K. (1999) Academic Attribution: Citation and the Construction of Disciplinary Knowledge. Applied Linguistics 20 (3), pp341 – 367 Wow. Ken Hyland has written so much stuff about writing about stuff. And now I’m going to write about Ken Hyland’s … Continue reading →

Leitch, R. (2006) Outside the Spoon Drawer, Naked and Skinless in Search of My Professional Esteem. Qualitative Enquiry 12 (2), pp1-12 Drake, P. (2010) Grasping at methodological understanding: a cautionary tale from insider research. International Journal of Research and Method … Continue reading →

Groom, N. (2005) Pattern and meaning across genres and disciplines: An exploratory study. Journal of English for Academic Purposes; 4, pp257-277 Wow. A bit dry, this one…!! I can see why it was suggested we read it at this point … Continue reading →

Becher, T. (1994) The significance of disciplinary differences. Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 19 Issue 2, pp151-162 Phew… it’s taken me a few days to get through this one – at first I blamed Tony Becher for writing what I … Continue reading →

North, S. (2005) Different values, different skills? A comparison of essay writing by students from art and science backgrounds. Studies for Higher Education, 30 (5), 517-533 So… the History of Science OU course sounds interesting…! This is quite a sensitively-written … Continue reading →

Looking back, I appear to have enjoyed the first chapter of Hyland’s Academic Discourse very much (honeymood period of the EdD?) I enjoyed chewing over what Hyland’s ideas meant for my own academic practice – in particular, the way I … Continue reading →

In advance of our third EdD meeting this coming Saturday I’ve been asked to select a journal that has been significant to me and my professional practice in some way, and to explain my selection. I made a shortlist of … Continue reading →

Hyland, K. (2002). Authority and Invisibility: Authorial Identity in Academic Writing. Journal of Pragmatics, 34, 1091-1112 I had to do a bit of research in the googlebox to determine exactly what Hyland means by ‘authorial’ – i.e. ‘of the author’ … Continue reading →

This was an enjoyable and thought-provoking read. Not only was it nice to read something so well-written, but it was also fun to revisit some of the ideas I started to engage with when I first started blogging – e.g. … Continue reading →