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Harwood, Nigel; Austin, Liz; Macaulay, Rowena – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
As part of a larger interview-based study of the beliefs, practices and experiences of 16 proofreaders of student writing in a university setting, this article reports informants' conceptualisations of their role. "Proofreading" is defined for the purposes of this research as "third-party interventions (that entail some level of written…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Proofreading, Role
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Harwood, Nigel; Austin, Liz; Macaulay, Rowena – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2009
This article presents key findings from an interview-based study of the beliefs, practices, and experiences of 16 proofreaders of student writing in a university setting. "Proofreading" is defined for the purposes of this research as "third-party interventions (entailing written alteration) on assessed work in progress." We…
Descriptors: Proofreading, Ethics, Beliefs, Foreign Countries