Genres across the Disciplines: Student writing in higher education

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Published: Jan 1, 2012

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Supong Tangkiengsirisin

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Nesi, Hilary, and Sheena Gardner. Genres across the Disciplines: Student writing in higher education. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2012.  ISBN: 978-0-521-14959-4

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No. 1 (2012): Thoughts 2012
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Book Reviews

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Author Biography

Supong Tangkiengsirisin

Supong Tangkiengsirisin is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Language Institute of Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, where he currently serves as Director. With over 20 years of teaching experience at the tertiary level, he has covered a wide range of areas in his teaching, including academic writing, written business communication, English for specific purposes, and career-related English skills, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also specializes in teacher training in Thai contexts with a focus on English teachers’ language skills and professional development for primary and secondary education. His research interests involve second-language writing, written discourse analysis, and interlanguage pragmatics. He has developed a number of teaching materials for academic English and ESP courses.

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