Second Language Writing (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)

"...a competent and eclectic examination of major writing issues in ESL today." TESOL Journal "In sum, this volume offers a coherent view of current thinking in a relatively nascent field. It provides solid theoretical and empirical groundwork for further research as well as for instructional improvement, and should serve as a useful guide to researchers and teachers exploring issues related to second language writing." Modern Language Journal

• Series editors' preface; Preface; Introduction Barbara Kroll; Part I. Philosophical Underpinnings of Second Language Writing Instruction: 1. Second language composition instruction: developments, issues, and directions in ESL Tony Silva; 2. L1 composition theories: implications for developing theories of L2 composition Ann M. Johns; 3. An overview of second language writing process research Alexandra Rowe Krapels; 4. Coaching from the margins: issues in written response Ilona Leki; 5. Second language writing: assessment issues Liz Hamp-Lyons; 6. Reading-writing connections: towards a description for second language learners Joan Carson Eisterhold; Part II. Considerations for Writing Instruction: 7. Composing in English: effects of a first language on writing in English as a second language Alexander Friedlander; 8. The teaching of topical structure analysis as a revision strategy for ESL writers Ulla Connor and Mary Farmer; 9. What does time buy? ESL student performance on home bersus class compositions Barbara Kroll; 10. Feedback on compositions: teacher and student verbal reports Andrew D. Cohen and Marilda C. Cavalcanti; 11. Teacher response to student writing: focus on form versus content Ann K. Fathman and Elizabeth Whalley; 12. Responding to different topic types: a quantitative analysis from a contrastive rhetoric perspective Joy Reid; 13. Writing with others' words: using background reading text in academic compositions Cherry Campbell; Index.