Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing,9780521529839

Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing

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ISBN13: 9780521529839
ISBN10: 0521529832
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-14
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The book addresses issues in the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. This book provides a series of discussions about multiple aspects of second language writing, presenting chapters that collectively address a range of issues that are important to new teachers at the post-secondary level. The 13 chapters provide scholarly visions, insight, and interpretation, oriented toward explaining the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. The book is designed to provide foundational content-knowledge in this area, with each chapter authored by recognized experts in the field. In addition to helping train new teachers, the book will serve as an updated reference book for practicing teachers and scholars to consult.

Table of Contents

List of contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of abbreviations used xiii
Series editors' preface xv
Introduction: Teaching the next generation of second language writers
1(10)
Barbara Kroll
I EXPLORING THE FIELD OF SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING
11(56)
Chapter 1 Second language writing in the twentieth century: A situated historical perspective
15 (20)
Paul Kei Matsuda
Chapter 2 Research on second language writing: An overview of what we investigate and how
35 (32)
Charlene Polio
II EXPLORING THE VOICES OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS: TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
67(48)
Chapter 3 Experienced ESL/EFL writing instructors' conceptualizations of their teaching: Curriculum options and implications
71(22)
Alister Gumming
Chapter 4 Second language writing up close and personal: Some success stories
93(22)
Tony Silva, Melinda Reichelt, Yoshiki Chikuma, Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Ruo-Ping J. Mo, Gloria Velez-Renddn, and Sandra Wood
III EXPLORING WRITERS' FINISHED TEXTS
115(76)
Chapter 5 Responding to writing
119 (22)
Dana Ferris
Chapter 6 Grammar and the ESL writing class
141 (21)
Jan Frodesen and Christine Holten
Chapter 7 Writing teachers as assessors of writing
162 (29)
Liz Hamp-Lyons
IV EXPLORING CONTEXTUALITIES OF TEXTS
191(94)
Chapter 8 Genre and ESL/EFL composition instruction
195 (23)
Ann M. Johns
Chapter 9 Changing currents in contrastive rhetoric: Implications for teaching and research
218 (24)
Ulla Connor
Chapter 10 Reading and writing relations: Second language perspectives on research and practice
242 (21)
William Grabe
Chapter 11 Literature in the teaching of second language composition
263 (22)
Stephanie Vandrick
V EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY
285(26)
Chapter 12 The impact of the computer in second language writing
287(24)
Martha C. Pennington
EPILOGUE: EXPLORING OURSELVES
311(22)
Chapter 13 A challenge to second language writing professionals: Is writing overrated?
315 (18)
Ilona Leki
Index 333

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