Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing

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Barbara Kroll
Cambridge University Press, 2003 M04 14 - 342 pages
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.
 

Contents

Teaching the next generation of second
1
EXPLORING THE FIELD OF SECOND LANGUAGE
11
An overview
35
EXPLORING THE VOICES OF
67
Some
93
EXPLORING WRITERS FINISHED TEXTS
115
Grammar and the ESL writing class
141
Writing teachers as assessors of writing
162
EXPLORING CONTEXTUALITIES OF TEXTS
191
Second language
242
Literature in the teaching of second language
263
EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY
285
EXPLORING OURSELVES
311
Index
333
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