This volume uses the concept of academic literacy to offer a perspective on the teaching of English for academic purposes. The author argues for a socioliterate approach to teaching which aims to help readers and writers become part of a particular discourse community. what readers and writers may share; genres and social forces - homely and academic texts; discourse communities/communities of practice - membership practitioners as campus mediators and researchers; students as researchers - investigating texts socioliterate classroom - basic tenets and goals; putting tenets and goals into practice - using portfolios in literacy classrooms.