A Guide to Supervising Non-native English Writers of Theses and Dissertations: Focusing on the Writing Process

. About the AuthorJohn Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

These students often encounter difficulties when writing a thesis or dissertation in English – primarily, understanding the requirements and expectations of the new academic context and the conventions of academic writing. Designed for easy use by supervisors, this concise guide focuses specifically on the relationship between reading for and preparing to the write the various part-genres or chapters; the creation of argument; making and evaluating claims, judgements and conclusions; writing coherent and cohesive text; meeting the generic and discipline-specific writing conventions; and designing conference abstracts and PowerPoint presentations, as well as writing the first j

. John Bitchener is Professor of Applied Linguistics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand