A Response to Matsuda and Tardy's 'Voice in Academic Writing: The Rhetorical Construction of Author Identity in Blind Manuscript Review'

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Title: A Response to Matsuda and Tardy's 'Voice in Academic Writing: The Rhetorical Construction of Author Identity in Blind Manuscript Review'
Language: English
Authors: Stapleton, Paul, Helms-Park, Rena
Source: English for Specific Purposes. 2008 27(1):94-99.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2008
Document Type: Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Research Methodology, English for Special Purposes, Writing (Composition), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2007.04.001
ISSN: 0889-4906
Abstract: In a recent article in ESP, Matsuda and Tardy (2007) investigate the role of voice in academic writing via a simulated blind manuscript review process. Based on their findings, they claim that voice does play a role in such writing, and call for further research into the issue of the reader's construction of authorial identity. Matsuda and Tardy's study appears to have been triggered in part by articles we wrote several years ago (Helms-Park & Stapleton, 2003; Stapleton, 2002) in which we discussed the extent to which voice should be considered as a pedagogical tool in L2 undergraduate writing. In this rejoinder, we call into question Matsuda and Tardy's characterization of our earlier work and also comment on their research methodology while further focusing on the qualities of voice which continue resonating with writing researchers.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2008
Accession Number: EJ784562
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In a recent article in ESP, Matsuda and Tardy (2007) investigate the role of voice in academic writing via a simulated blind manuscript review process. Based on their findings, they claim that voice does play a role in such writing, and call for further research into the issue of the reader's construction of authorial identity. Matsuda and Tardy's study appears to have been triggered in part by articles we wrote several years ago (Helms-Park & Stapleton, 2003; Stapleton, 2002) in which we discussed the extent to which voice should be considered as a pedagogical tool in L2 undergraduate writing. In this rejoinder, we call into question Matsuda and Tardy's characterization of our earlier work and also comment on their research methodology while further focusing on the qualities of voice which continue resonating with writing researchers.
ISSN:0889-4906
DOI:10.1016/j.esp.2007.04.001