Rewriting writing in higher education
The Contested Spaces of Proofreading
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5111264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Turner (0000-0003-2046-4892, a Language Studies Centre, Goldsmiths , University of London , Richard Hoggart Building, Lewisham Way, London, SE14 6NW, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427-440 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075071003671786 |
| OpenAlex | W2153256389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article reports on a research project on proofreading, prompted by its proliferation in contemporary higher education. The article is framed by an academic literacies perspective and develops the concept of ‘writtenness’, which draws attention to both the underlying culturally and socially constructed values relating to the production and reception of written work, and the tendency to under‐acknowledge the academic achievement of writing well in the relevant discipline, especially in the case of students who do not already possess the requisite ‘cultural capital’. This includes international students whose first language is not English, as well as ‘non‐traditional’ students. The use of the term ‘proofreading’ is seen as masking the complexity of academic writing, on the one hand, and maintaining its status as relatively unimportant, on the other. Particularly in the latter case, this is seen as emblematic of a culturally deeply embedded predisposition to privilege knowledge or content over language
Academic writing · Discipline · Higher education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Proofreading · Second language · Second language writing · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education · Student Assessment and Feedback
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |