This volume describes in detail teaching philosophies, curricular structures, research approaches and organizational models used in European countries. It offers concrete teaching strategies and examples: from individual tutorials to large classes, from face-to-face to web-based teaching, and addresses educational and cultural differences between writing instruction in Europe and the US.

Teaching Academic Writing in European Higher Education: An Introduction.- Text and Writer.- Getting Started: Academic Writing in the First Year of a University Education.- Text Types, Textual Consciousness and Academic Writing Ability.- Teaching Academic Writing to International Students: Individual Tutoring as a Supplement to Workshops.- The Genre in Focus, not the Writer: Using Model Examples in Large-Class Workshops.- A Good Paper Makes a Case: Teaching Academic Writing the Macro-Toulmin Way.- Rethinking Feedback: Asymmetry in Disguise.- The (IM)Possibilities in Teaching University Writing in the Anglo-American Tradition When Dealing with Continential Student Writers.- Helping Doctoral Students to Finish Their Theses.- Teaching Academic Writing in Context.- Centres for Writing & Reading-Bridging the Gap between University and School Education.- Writing at Norwegian Universities in an International Perspective.- Contacts-Conflicts-Cooperation.- An Analysis of the Discourse of Study Support at the London Institute.- Creating a Basis for a Faculty-Oriented Writing Programme.- Implementation Issues for Study Support.