ABSTRACT
Students in advanced academic contexts have needs for writing which go beyond the basic goals for communication and for learning new information. For students who are finishing secondary schools, in post-secondary institutions, and in post-graduate programmes, the uses of writing evolve to take on new dimensions. Writing is no longer seen as primarily for personal expression or presenting school-based information, though they remain important issues. Rather, the advanced writer is also often concerned with analysing and interpreting information critically, synthesizing disparate sets of information, creating information, arguing alternative perspectives, and presenting and promoting research. While these uses of writing call on many of the skills that have been discussed in Chapters 10 and 11, some more specialized academic skills are also required in advanced writing.
