ACADEMIC WRITING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The author refers to teaching academic writing to PhD students at the University of Chicago, USA. The experience is regarded from the point of view of the ‘local’, nationally accepted attitudes and requirements, and the possibilities of applying these attitudes and requirements to the Russian higher education, which could help internationalize the learning environment in this country.

Keywords

• академическое письмо
• практическая риторика
• культура критической мысли
• academic writing
• rhetoric
• critical thinking