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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mohammed Albakry , Clint BryanPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780472039654ISBN 10: 0472039652 Pages: 162 Publication Date: 31 January 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures & Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Occluded (Support) Genres Chapter 2: The Importance and Varied Purposes of LOR’s Chapter 3: Meeting the People Behind the LOR Chapter 4: Credentials of the LOR’s Subject Chapter 5: The Applicant’s Character Chapter 6: Softening and Strengthening Modifiers Chapter 7: Phrase Frames and Customary Closings Glossary ReferencesReviews"""This valuable book provides perceptive insight into the structure, content range, rhetorical norms, and recurring textual features that typify the academic-supporting genre of recommendation letters. It admirably addresses the needs and expectations of its specialized audience as well as the varied contexts for reading and writing reference letters by balancing extensive empirically based scholarship with welcome practical guidance and activities. Its clear and compelling structure and style will benefit faculty who have been reading and writing recommendation letters for years as well as those wishing to learn or to teach others to do so effectively.""--Hans Gabriel, Michael and Amy Tiemann Distinguished Professor of the Division of Liberal Arts, University of North Carolina School of the Arts ""Albakry and Bryan's Writing Recommendation Letters: The Discourse of Evaluation in Academic Settings is both a comprehensive analysis of academic letters of recommendation and useful handbook for the professional or faculty member who is asked to provide such a letter. It is an excellent source of practical advice in an area that is rarely taught.""--Vincent Moore, Ph.D., Professor of English & Humanities, School of Creative & Media Arts, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH" Author InformationMohammed Albakry is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Middle Tennessee State University. Clint Bryan is Associate Professor of English and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Northwest University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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