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1、FromanOutsidertoaMarginalMember：TheAcademicLiteracyNarrativeofaUniversityEnglishLec　　【Abstract】ThisacademicliteracynarrativereportsaChineseuniversityEnglishlecturer’sexperienceinamajoruniversityinSingaporeasanacademicwriter.Itdetailsthestrugglesthattheauth

2、orexperiencedaswellasthelinguisticandnon-linguisticproblemshefaced，withafocusonthetransformationoftheauthorfromanoviceacademicwriterandoutsiderofacademiccommunitybeforegoingoverseastoaconfidentacademicwriterandaperipheralmemberofacommunityofpracticeayearla

3、terthroughparticipatorypractice.　　【Keywords】academicwriting；participatorypractice；narrative　　【摘要】本文?蟾孀髡咴谛录悠铝粞?期间作为一名学术英语写作者的身份嬗变经历。作为学术英语的新手到一个陌生的全英语的学术写作环境，作者面临着诸多语言及语言外的问题和困难。本文记录了从作者从出国前的学术话语共同体的局外人到通过参与式实践成为一名自信的学术写作者和学术社团边缘成员的心路历程。　　【关键词】学术写作参与式实践叙事　　

4、I.Introduction　　“Doyouconsideryourselfagoodwriter？”ItossedbackthisquestiontoourwritingpedagogycourselecturerwhoaskedusthesamequestionatthebeginningofmypostgraduatedegreeprograminamajorSingaporeanuniversityinAugust2014.Itwasnotmyintentiontoembarrasstheprofe

5、ssor，whoholdsaPhDinacademicwritingfromaprestigiousuniversityinEngland，butwasjustoutofmycuriosity.However，onretrospection，itperhapsshouldbeviewedasawayofseekingconsolationfromanauthorityfigure，whomIlookeduptoasafullmemberofacademicdiscoursecommunityandwould

6、confesstonotbeingagoodwriter，thenIwouldfeelthatIwasnottheonlylousywriterinthisworld.Thisisbecause，asasecondlanguageuser，Ididnothavemuchconfidenceinwriting，letaloneacademicwriting，themainreasonbeinghavingreceivedlittleinstructionandtraininginacademicwriting

7、intheChineseeducationsystem，justasreportedbytheChinesestudentFeistudyinginanAustralianuniversity（Morton，Storch，&Thompson，2015）.DespitehavingearnedaMasters’degreebeforegoingtoSingapore，IwasawareofthelittletrainingIhadreceivedinacademicwriting，andinparticula

8、r，writingextendeddiscourse.IstillremembertheexcruciatingexperienceIhadinproducingmyfirstMAdissertationinChinayearsago，whichwassodamagingthatIdidnotwanttoengageinanyacademicliteracyactivityatallforayearortwoaf