Academic writing as discourse of practice: Genre analysis of students writing in Higher Education in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Dr Hashim Issa
dc.contributor.authorNyinondi, Onesmo Simon
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-21T08:26:03Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21T08:26:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-06
dc.descriptionJournal Article pg. 10-23en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses genre analysis theory to examine students’ academic writing discourse of practice at the university. Second language writing of academic genre is fundamental to students' academic sur- vival, not only as a prime means for assessing students’ academic progress but also for students’ liter- acy growth in their given disciplines at the university. As students’ writing abilities in academic genre (or lack of them) have often been central to the discussions on this subject, it is considered vital to fo- cus attention on the kind of discourse practices students engage in their English language writing pro- cess and the possible explanations for these. First and second students’ texts at a university are inves- tigated to see the extent to which students’ use of conjunctions in their writing reflect writing practices as demanded by university discourse of practice. Also, university writing instructional materials are an- alysed to see their role in students mentoring process into proficient academic writers. The study find- ings reveal that students’ use of conjunctions is widely at odds with writing practices of academic gen- re, ostensibly because not only instructors seem inconsistent and doing little, but also instructional ma- terials on writing demands are inadequate, in mentoring students through disciplinary apprenticeship into literate writers of university discourse of practice. Such mentoring is recommended by considering not only the outcome but also the acculturation process. This approach is envisaged to provide insights on addressing the widely reported students writing problems in Tanzania.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1327-774X
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4320
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLanguage, Culture and Societyen_US
dc.subjectGenre Analysisen_US
dc.subjectStudents’ writingen_US
dc.subjectDiscourse Practicesen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.titleAcademic writing as discourse of practice: Genre analysis of students writing in Higher Education in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://aaref.com.au/en/publications/journal/en_US

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