GENRE KNOWLEDGE IN THE NEEDS ANALYSIS PROCESS: USING A WRITING ACTIVITY TO ASSESS PRESENT-SITUATION

Authors

  • Bruna Gabriela Augusto Marçal Vieira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v13i28.14778
Supporting Agencies
CAPES

Keywords:

Genre knowledge, Needs Analysis, academic writing, Computer Science graduate students

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective to carry out Needs Analysis based on sociorhetoric approach to genre developed by Swales (1990). Our proposal includes a language and a register analysis, in addition to the move analysis proposed by Swales´s theory, in order to suggest a pedagogical methodology to help teachers and course developers develop an English for academic purposes course (EAP). Twenty-three abstracts produced by Brazilian Computer Science graduate students are analyzed. The genre knowledge proved to be an appropriate methodological tool for assessing present situation, regarding the current knowledge of the students on the productions of abstracts in English, which revealed a need for a course focused on the social aspect of academic genres.

Published

30-01-2017

How to Cite

VIEIRA, B. G. A. M. GENRE KNOWLEDGE IN THE NEEDS ANALYSIS PROCESS: USING A WRITING ACTIVITY TO ASSESS PRESENT-SITUATION. Trama, Marechal Cândido Rondon, v. 13, n. 28, p. 29–53, 2017. DOI: 10.48075/rt.v13i28.14778. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/trama/article/view/14778. Acesso em: 9 may. 2025.

Issue

Section

Escrita Acadêmica e Ensino de Escrita Acadêmica