Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Acknowledgments

Scoring
Rubrics

Chapter-

Opening

Photographs

Preface

herdraftoutloudtoa smallgroupofclassmatesandthentoelicitoralcomments

andsuggestionsbyaskingthechecklistquestions.Thestudentwhohasreadthen

writesdownthegroup'ssuggestionsonhisorherownpaper.Instructorscanalso

respondtostudentwritingbyusingthepeer-editingchecklist.

TwosamplescoringrubricsareprovidedatthebeginningofAppendixP,onefor

paragraphs andonefor essays.Theirpurposeis twofold:to showstudentshow

instructorsmightevaluatetheirwriting,andtosuggesta schemaforinstructorsto

doso.Instructorsareinvitedtophotocopytherubrics.Ofcourse,therubricsmay

bemodifiedtosuitindividualassignmentsandindividualpreferences.

Thephotographsintroducingeachchapterofthebookdepictsomeoftheforms

ofwrittencommunicationused by diverse cultures throughoutthe evolution

ofcivilization.

Manypeoplehavecontributedto thiseditionofWritingAcademicEnglish.We

especiallythankLauraLeDrean,whotraveledcountlessmilesandspentcountless

hoursgatheringvaluablefeedbackfromusersofthepreviousedition.Thanksalso

toourdevelopmenteditor,MollySackler,formakingsureoftheaccuracyofour

informationandtheconsistencyofitspresentation,andtoourproductioneditors,

LynnContrucciandJaneTownsend,fortheirexpertiseinfittingallthesewordsonto

theprintedpage.SpecialthanksalsotoRheaBanker,whofoundthebeautifulpho-

tographsthatappearontheopeningpagesofeachpartandeachchapter.

Tothemanystudentsandteacherswhotookthetimetooffersuggestions, we

extendourheartfeltthanks:DavidRoss,IntensiveEnglishProgram,Houston,

Texas;MarshaGerechterAbramovich,TidewaterCommunityCollege,Virginia

Beach,Virginia;AlexJones,Seattle,Washington;AnitaSokmen,Director,English

LanguageProgramsExtensionCourses&Marketing,UniversityofWashington,

Seattle,Washington;PattyHeises,UniversityofWashington,Seattle,Washington;

AngelinaArellanes-Nunez,UniversityofTexasat ElPaso;DonieBrass,Annapolis,

Maryland;BarbaraSmith-Palinkas,Tampa,Florida; JacquelineSmith,Brooklyn,

NewYork;andDianaSavas,PasadenaCityCollege,Pasadena,California.Wehope

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