Embedding Academic Literacies in University Curricula
Perspectives and Case Studies
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2026
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Paperback/Softback
978-1-009-54329-3 (ISBN)
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With university student populations becoming ever more diverse across the globe, it has become increasingly difficult for educators to presume that all students possess the necessary knowledge and skills in academic literacy to succeed in their academic studies. This timely book presents the argument for embedding academic literacies in higher education degree curricula. It supports an inclusive approach to student academic language development, where all students stand to benefit from instruction in the literacy practices specific to their disciplines. The book is split into two parts, with the first providing a number of thought-provoking perspectives on different aspects and interpretations of embedding. The second part provides a set of case studies that serve both to highlight how various theoretical frameworks inform different approaches to embedding, and to illustrate the real-word affordances and constraints at play that act as determinants of the shape, extent and success of embedding initiatives.
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List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Neil Murray; Part I. Perspectives: 1. 'Not another curriculum initiative!' Justifications, challenges, and determinants of success in the embedding of academic literacies in programme curricula Neil Murray; 2. Academic literacies and EAP practitioners in Neoliberal Universities Alexander Ding, and Natasha Rust; 3. The EAP practitioner as teacher educator: facilitating embedded academic literacy support Ursula Wingate; 4. Embedding academic biliteracy in a bilingual, Canadian university: implications for policy and practice? Jérémie Séror and Valia Spiliotopoulos; 5. Embedding academic literacy instruction in US universities: WAC, WID, and WEC Angela Hakim; 6. Embedding academic literacies in the age of generative artificial intelligence Elizabeth M. Olsson; 7. What can a political ethics of care bring to the embedding of academic literacies in the curriculum? Arona Dison, and Karen Suzette Collett; 8. Evaluating embedded academic literacy interventions Lisa McGrath, Liz Austen and Lucy Clague; Part II. Case Studies: 9. A case study illustrating the facilitators and barriers to embedding academic literacies in university curricula Linda Thies; 10. Institutional embedding: the case of Griffith University's institution-wide English language enhancement strategy Pamela Humphreys and Ben Fenton-Smith; 11. Embedding academic literacies in a bachelor of laws degree: a South African case study Jean Matier Moore; 12. Programme-level embedding of academic literacies in a bachelor of education: a case study from Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Mark Bassett; 13. Embedding academic literacy in the disciplines: three approaches to English across the curriculum in higher education Julia Chen, Grace Lim, Christy Chan and Aditi Jhaveri; Afterword: academic literacies and what it means to educate Anthony J. Liddicoat.