Die Unterstützung leserseitiger Verstehens- und Wissensbearbeitung beim Schreiben in der fremden Wissenschaftssprache Deutsch am Beispiel von koordinierenden Ausdrücken

Academic writing is not a very common practice in Italian universities. An exception are some lecturers who get students to write a (pre-)scientific paper, e.g. in German. Writing academically in a foreign language poses a major hurdle for the students because they encounter difficulty expressing themselves in German at a higher level and are not familiar with the scientific conventions of the foreign culture. By adopting an action-theoretical approach, this article aims to investigate how Italian students deal with these challenges by focusing on how they organize linguistic production in their papers and how they complete their assignments. Particular attention is paid to the linguistic devices they use to involve the reader and support the reader’s knowledge processes.