Title:
Second language writing : research insights for the classroom
Series:
Cambridge applied linguistics series
Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990
Physical Description:
ix, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780521387781
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Summary
Summary
This comprehensive collection of thirteen original articles covers the major issues writing teachers face. It systematically sets out the key issues in second language writing instruction to offer both pre-service and in-service teachers a guide to writing instruction grounded in current theory and research. The book includes chapters on approaches to teaching writing, needs analysis, syllabus design, lesson planning, task design, materials development, and feedback and assessment, and on using technology in writing classes and in conducting research. There are review exercises, reflection questions, and copious examples to make the book extremely useful to prospective and practicing teachers alike.
Table of Contents
Series editors' preface |
Preface |
IntroductionBarbara Kroll |
Part I Philosophical Underpinnings of Second Language Writing Instruction |
1 Second language composition instruction: developments, issues, and directions in ESLTony Silva |
2 L1 composition theories: implications for developing theories of L2 compositionAnn M. Johns |
3 An overview of second language writing process researchAlexandra Rowe Krapels |
4 Coaching from the margins: issues in written responseIlona Leki |
5 Second language writing: assessment issuesLiz Hamp-Lyons |
6 Reading-writing connections: towards a description for second language learnersJoan Carson Eisterhold |
Part II Considerations for Writing Instruction |
7 Composing in English: effects of a first language on writing in English as a second languageAlexander Friedlander |
8 The teaching of topical structure analysis as a revision strategy for ESL writersUlla Connor and Mary Farmer |
9 What does time buy? ESL student performance on home bersus class compositionsBarbara Kroll |
10 Feedback on compositions: teacher and student verbal reportsAndrew D. Cohen and Marilda C. Cavalcanti |
11 Teacher response to student writing: focus on form versus contentAnn K. Fathman and Elizabeth Whalley |
12 Responding to different topic types: a quantitative analysis from a contrastive rhetoric perspectiveJoy Reid |
13 Writing with others' words: using background reading text in academic compositionsCherry Campbell |
Index |