Gavin BROOKS    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2013/10/25
Presentation Theme	Problems Students Face in L2 Academic Writing
Conference	39th Annual JALT National Conference
Promoters	Japanese Association of Language Teachers (JALT)
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Country	Japan
Venue	Kobe Convention Center
Holding period	2013/10/25～2013/10/28
Publisher and common publisher	Gavin Brooks
Details	This research examined several problems faced by first-year students studying academic writing at universities in Japan. The presenter used research by Haswell (1998), Friedlander (2005), and Conner and Farmer (2005) to show that teachers and students often have different expectations for writing good essays.