Second Language WritingThis text is a highly accessible and authoritative approach to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of English. This book is an accessible and authoritative approach to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of English. It 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 author takes the stance that student writers not only need realistic strategies for drafting and revising, but also a clear understanding of genre to structure their writing experience according to the demands and constraints of particular target contexts. This book will be extremely useful to prospective and practicing teachers alike. |
Contents
Section 1 | 31 |
Section 2 | 32 |
Section 3 | 50 |
Section 4 | 51 |
Section 5 | 54 |
Section 6 | 55 |
Section 7 | 58 |
Section 8 | 70 |
Section 19 | 155 |
Section 20 | 156 |
Section 21 | 158 |
Section 22 | 161 |
Section 23 | 163 |
Section 24 | 164 |
Section 25 | 165 |
Section 26 | 166 |
Section 9 | 76 |
Section 10 | 79 |
Section 11 | 82 |
Section 12 | 84 |
Section 13 | 112 |
Section 14 | 138 |
Section 15 | 143 |
Section 16 | 144 |
Section 17 | 146 |
Section 18 | 149 |
Section 27 | 167 |
Section 28 | 168 |
Section 29 | 169 |
Section 30 | 171 |
Section 31 | 172 |
Section 32 | 174 |
Section 33 | 177 |
Section 34 | 212 |
Section 35 | 245 |
Common terms and phrases
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