Books by Dr Ian (University of Waikato Bruce

Genre-based courses enable second language learners to integrate their linguistic, organisational and contextual knowledge in a variety of different tasks. This book reviews pedagogical approaches to genre through English for Specific Purposes and Systemic Functional Linguistics to present a synthesis of the research in the field.

Proposes a fresh model of genre-based approaches to academic writing, and analyses the ways in which this can be implemented in pedagogy and curriculum design. This book focuses on the use of genre-based approaches to teaching academic writing. It is suitable for researchers in applied linguistics.