Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English

It is a well-known fact that ESP/EAP practitioners more than ESL/EFL teachers find that pedagogical materials for their specific ESP course are either unavailable or unsuitable for classroom use. In an attempt to solve the lack of fit between pedagogically “primed ” materials (Swales, 2002: 155) that draw on required specialist knowledge and research findings, many ESP and EAP teachers, more often than not, become materials developers and textbook writers. The mismatch has been long identified and different methods, criteria, rating scales and checklists can be found in the literature (for a brief review see Bocanegra-Valle, 2010: 148-149) to help these teachers evaluate published material. In her Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English, Glasman-Deal offers a well-structured and didactic book addressed to non-native speakers of English (NNS) with at least an intermediate level of English who need to write up their research papers for publication in English. As the author herself states, it is a practical, fast do-it-yourself manual that aims to provide NNS scientists with both rhetorical