Overview
- Examines the variety of Writing Centers across the Arabian Gulf countries and the movement which is promoting their development
- Highlights the similarities and differences between the range of Writing Centers alongside those across the global stage
- Argues that these Writing Centers need to create their own unique identities and continue to develop for the future
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Review of Writing Centre(s) Across the Gulf Countries
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Writing Centre(s) on the Ground
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Comparative Investigations of Writing Centres in the Arabian Gulf Countries
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About this book
This book addresses issues surrounding writing centers in the Arabian Gulf region. Including a foreword by Professor Ken Hyland, it brings together a number of thought-provoking chapters on the history, concept, and ground realities coupled with critical comparative discussions of writing centres in the region. The book begins by offering critical historical accounts of writing centers in the Gulf countries, before moving onto empirical research and reports on pedagogical practices that vividly capture the on-the-ground realities faced and experienced by different actors. These accounts serve to highlight how the writing centers vary between countries, as well as how they differ from the more well-known writing centers in the US and the UK. Finally, the book explores what sort of commonalities and differences the current trend of writing centres is producing within and between the six countries of the Arabian Gulf. This book will be highly relevant to those involved with writing centres along with directors, policymakers, researchers and teacher educators in the fields of Education and Sociology, particularly those with an interest in the Arabian Gulf area.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Osman Z. Barnawi (PhD in Composition and TESOL) is the former Managing Director of Yanbu English Language Institute as well as the founder of the Writing Centers at the Royal  Commission Colleges and Institutes, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. He is now the Managing Director of Yanbu Technical Institute at the Royal Commission Colleges and Institutes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf
Editors: Osman Z. Barnawi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55366-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55365-8Published: 20 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85640-7Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55366-5Published: 06 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Literacy, Language Teaching, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education