Writing Support for International Graduate Students: Enhancing Transition and Success

by Shyam Sharma

Overview

Using qualitative data collected from more than twenty universities across the US, Writing Support for International Graduate Students describes and theorizes agency- and advocacy-driven practices, programs, and policies that are most effective in helping international students learn graduate-level writing and communication skills. It uses compelling narratives and cases to illustrate a variety of program models and support practices that fostered the students’ process of academic transition and success. Employing an ecological framework, the book seeks to advance academic conversation about how writing scholars/instructors and program administrators, as well as other academic service professionals working with this student body, can formulate policies, develop programs, and implement practices that best help these students grow as writers and scholars in their disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351054966
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/03/2018
Series:	Routledge Research in Writing Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	242
File size:	698 KB

About the Author

Shyam Sharma is a scholar of Writing and Rhetoric who teaches at State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. His research and publications, which have appeared in flagship publication venues of Writing Studies, focus on writing in the disciplines, international students and education, cross-cultural rhetoric and communication, and new media.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Understanding Politics: Affecting Policy3. Shifting Focus: An Ecological Approach 4. Fostering Agency through Effective Support Practices 5. Advancing Advocacy through Programs and Leadership

Editorial Reviews

"Writing Support for International Graduate Students vividly captures the numerous challenges international graduate students are likely to encounter in the course of writing their way into the university, and provides an array of critical interventions faculty can call on to ease the transition." – Dr. Juan C. Guerra, University of Washington at Seattle

"Writing Support for International Graduate Students: Enhancing Transition and Success is a must read for everyone involved in writing instruction and research, graduate program administration, and international education. Through his extensive on-the-ground research at over twenty universities, Sharma has brought to light the very best approaches to sup- porting international graduate writers while also developing a theoretical framework that highlights student agency. If taken seriously, this book will be transformative to the ways in which universities across the Unites States and beyond welcome and support international graduate students." —Dr. Michelle Cox Director, English Language Support Office, Cornell University Past Chair, Consortium on Graduate Communication

"The book provides a nuanced and in-depth exploration of how international students learn to write and communicate, with program models, support strategies, and resources that make a real difference. The interviews and practical examples will make you rethink how your program or institution approaches international student writing development and what it means for international students to ‘find their voice’ in written assignments and verbal presentations." —Dr. Chris R. Glass, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University

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