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Exploring the dynamics of second language writing

The book addresses issues in the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers.
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003
XVI, 342 p. ; 23 cm.
9780521822923, 9780521529839, 0521822920, 0521529832
638854799
Part I. Exploring the Field of Second Language Writing: Section introduction; 1. Second language writing in the twentieth century: a situated historical perspective; 2. Research on second language writing: an overview of what we investigate and how; Part II. Exploring the Voices of Key Stakeholders: Teachers and Students Section Introduction: 3. Experienced ESL/EFL Writing Instructors' conceptualizations of their teaching: Curriculum options and implications; 4. Second language writing up close and personal: some success stories; Part III. Exploring Writers' Finished Texts: Section introduction; 5. Responding to writing; 6. Grammar and the ESL writing class; 7. Writing teachers as assessors of writing; Part IV. Exploring Contextualities of Texts: Section introduction; 8. Genre and ESL/EFL composition instruction; 9. Changing currents in contrastive rhetoric: implications for teaching and research; 10. Reading and writing relations: L2 perspectives on research and practice; 11. Literature in the teaching of L2 composition; Part V. Exploring Technology: Section introduction; 12. The impact of the computer in second language writing; Epilogue: exploring ourselves: Section introduction; 13. A challenge to L2 writing professionals: is writing overrated?