Second language writing : research insights for the classroom

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Author:

Kroll, Barbara.

ISBN:

9780521383837

9780521387781

Publication Information:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Physical Description:

ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

The Cambridge applied linguistics series

Cambridge applied linguistics series.

Contents:

Second language composition instruction : developments, issues, and directions in ESL / Tony Silva -- L1 composition theories : implications for developing theories of L2 composition / Ann M. Johns -- An overview of second language writing process research / Alexandra Rowe Krapels -- Coaching from the margins : issues in written response / Ilona Leki -- Second language writing : assessment issues / Liz Hamp-Lyons -- Reading-writing connections : toward a description for second language learners / Joan Carson Eisterhold -- Composing in English : effects of a first language on writing in English as a second language / Alexander Friedlander -- The teaching of topical structure analysis as a revision strategy for ESL writers / Ulla Connor and Mary Farmer.

What does time buy? : ESL student performance on home versus class compositions / Barbara Kroll -- Feedback on compositions : teacher and student verbal reports / Andrew D. Cohen and Marilda C. Cavalcanti -- Teacher response to student writing : focus on form versus content / Ann K. Fathman and Elizabeth Whalley -- Responding to different topic types : a quantitative analysis from a contrastive rhetoric perspective / Joy Reid -- Writing with others' words : using background reading text in academic compositions / Cherry Campbell.

Abstract:

This text is a highly accessible and authoritative approach to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of English.

Subject Term:

English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.

English language -- Composition and exercises -- Research.

Report writing -- Study and teaching.

Added Author:

Kroll, Barbara.

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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.