Exploring the dynamics of second language writing / edited by Barbara Kroll. - xvi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Cambridge applied linguistics . - Cambridge applied linguistics series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Teaching the next generation of second language writers / Second language writing in the twentieth century : a situated historical perspective / Research on second language writing : an overview of what we investigate and how / Experienced ESL/EFL writing instructors' conceptualizations of their teaching : curriculum options and implications / Second language writing up close and personal : some success stories / Responding to writing / Grammar and the ESL writing class / Writing teachers as assessors of writing / Genre and ESL/EFL composition instruction / Changing currents in contrastive rhetoric : implications for teaching and research / Barbara Kroll -- Paul Kei Matsuda -- Charlene Polio -- Alister Cumming -- Tony Silva [and others] -- Dana Ferris -- Jan Frodesen and Christine Holten -- Liz Hamp-Lyons -- Ann M. Johns -- Ulla Connor. Introduction, Reading and writing relations : second language perspectives on research and practice / Literature in the teaching of second language composition / Impact of the computer in second language writing / Challenge to second language writing professionals : is writing overrated? / William Grabe -- Stephanie Vandrick -- Martha C. Pennington -- Ilona Leki.

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.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English


Text in English

9780521529839 (paperback) 0521529832 (pbk)

2002074049


Language and languages--Study and teaching.
Composition (Language arts)
Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

P53.27 / .E97 2003

808.0071 Ex74 / 2003