Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing

by Edited by Barbara Kroll

• ISBN13: 9780521529839
• ISBN10: 0521529832
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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