A GENRE-BASED APPROACH TO TEACHING RESEARCH WRITING IN A ROMANIAN EAP CONTEXT

Abstract

Set against the backdrop of an English-medium interdisciplinary masters' in Romania, this paper describes the process of familiarising researchers with the genre specificity of research articles published in English language journals. Building on Swales' genre-based approach to research writing (Swales, 2004; Feak & Swales, 2009), the study includes both methodological aspects of genre-teaching / learning and an analysis of data collected through group discussion, reflecting the views of programme participants. Fully aware that it is too early to draw comprehensive conclusions, the authors hope that by integrating various perspectives, this small-scale research will further document the genre-based approach to research writing and will contribute to refining course design and methodology.

Keywords

• Genre-based approach
• research article
• writing for publication