Academic Writing for Multilingual Students

Academic Writing for Multilingual Students by Qian Du is an interactive workbook designed for multilingual writers. Undergraduate students are invited to explore common expectations associated with English academic writing and develop key skills needed for successful completion of diverse, source-based writing tasks across the curriculum.The hands-on activities engage students in authentic source use and research tasks that require complex decision making and ongoing negotiation between their linguistic, rhetorical, and cultural resources; for example, writing emails to professors, summarizing for different purposes, synthesizing and reviewing sources for secondary research—and more. The topics of the book are organized and presented in a non-linear way that reflects the recursiveness of academic writing processes, making it possible for instructors to mix and match the units to best meet students’ needs.