Second Language Writing Research : Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction

by Matsuda, Paul Kei; Silva, Tony

• ISBN13: 9780805850468
• ISBN10: 0805850465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-24
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the field, it helps demystify the research process.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
I. RESEARCH AS SITUATED KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION
On the Philosophical Bases of Inquiry in Second Language Writing: Metaphysics, Inquiry Paradigms, and the Intellectual Zeitgeist	3	(14)
Tony Silva
Uses of Narrative in L2 Writing Research	17	(16)
Christine Pearson Casanave
Historical Inquiry in Second Language Writing	33	(16)
Paul Kei Matsuda
II. CONCEPTUALIZING L2 WRITING RESEARCH
Situated Qualitative Research and Second Language Writing	49	(16)
Dwight Atkinson
A Multimethod Approach to Research Into Processes of Scholarly Writing for Publication	65	(14)
John Flowerdew
Hypothesis Generation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Complementary Studies of EFL Writing Processes	79	(14)
Miyuki Sasaki
Talking About Writing: Cross-Modality Research and Second Language Speaking/Writing Connections	93	(12)
Robert Weissberg
Researching Teacher Evaluation of Second Language Writing via Prototype Theory	105	(16)
Richard Haswell
Composing Culture in a Fragmented World: The Issue of Representation in Cross-Cultural Research	121	(14)
Xiaoming Li
III. COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA
Qualitative Research as Heuristic: Investigating Documentation Practices in a Medical Setting	135	(14)
Susan Parks
Mucking Around in the Lives of Others: Reflections on Qualitative Research	149	(10)
Linda Lonon Blanton
Coding Data in Qualitative Research on L2 Writing: Issues and Implications	159	(18)
Colleen Brice
Digging Up Texts and Transcripts: Confessions of a Discourse Analyst	177	(14)
Ken Hyland
Using Concurrent Protocols to Explore L2 Writing Processes: Methodological Issues in the Collection and Analysis of Data	191	(16)
Rosa M. Manchon
Liz Murphy
Julio Roca de Larios
Taking on English Writing in a Bilingual Program: Revisiting, Reexamining, Reconceptualizing the Data	207	(16)
Sarah Hudelson
IV. CODA
Tricks of the Trade: The Nuts and Bolts of L2 Writing Research	223	(12)
Dana Ferris
Contributors	235	(6)
Author Index	241	(6)
Subject Index	247