
Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing
Barbara Kroll(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 14. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-521-52983-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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.
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"...Kroll again proves to be up to the task of organizing a compilation that will surely be a trusted reference for teachers for years to come." Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language"...Kroll again proves to be up to the task of organizing a compilation that will surely be a trusted reference for teachers for years to come." Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language
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Series
Edition
New
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 Tables, unspecified; 10 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-52983-9 (9780521529839)
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Content
Part I. Exploring the Field of Second Language Writing: Section introduction; 1. Second language writing in the twentieth century: a situated historical perspective; 2. Research on second language writing: an overview of what we investigate and how; Part II. Exploring the Voices of Key Stakeholders: Teachers and Students Section Introduction: 3. Experienced ESL/EFL Writing Instructors' conceptualizations of their teaching: Curriculum options and implications; 4. Second language writing up close and personal: some success stories; Part III. Exploring Writers' Finished Texts: Section introduction; 5. Responding to writing; 6. Grammar and the ESL writing class; 7. Writing teachers as assessors of writing; Part IV. Exploring Contextualities of Texts: Section introduction; 8. Genre and ESL/EFL composition instruction; 9. Changing currents in contrastive rhetoric: implications for teaching and research; 10. Reading and writing relations: L2 perspectives on research and practice; 11. Literature in the teaching of L2 composition; Part V. Exploring Technology: Section introduction; 12. The impact of the computer in second language writing; Epilogue: exploring ourselves: Section introduction; 13. A challenge to L2 writing professionals: is writing overrated?