L2 Writing Beyond English

Nur Yiğitoğlu is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Bogazici University, Turkey. Her research interests include second language writing and teacher education.Melinda Reichelt is a Professor of English and Director of ESL Writing at University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Her research interests include second language writing and sociolinguistics.

This informative and valuable collection advances our understanding of L2 writing with its focus on the distinctive challenges faced when writing in a range of additional languages other than English is learned and taught in a variety of instructional contexts across the world. The book hence fills an important gap in L2 writing scholarship.

• Introduction. Nur Yiğitoğlu and Melinda Reichelt: L2 Writing in Non-English Languages: Toward a Fuller Understanding of L2 WritingPart I – Curricular IssuesChapter 1. Adela Borrallo-Solís and Andrea Meador Smith: Writing Through the Senses: Bringing Life to College Spanish Writing Courses in the United States Chapter 2. Dani Francuz Rose and Mateusz Gaze: Highlighting Practices and Perspectives on Polish L2 Writing in PolandChapter 3. Heather Willis Allen and Kate Paesani: Interpersonal Writing in the Advanced Undergraduate French Curriculum: A Multiliteracies PerspectiveChapter 4. Jim McKinley: Teaching Japanese L2 Writing Inside and Outside Japan: Implications for Global Approaches in L2 Writing Chapter 5. Heath Rose: Unique Challenges of Learning to Write in the Japanese Writing System Chapter 6. Ming Fang and Andie Wang: Feedback to Feed Forward: Giving Effective Feedback in Advanced Chinese WritingPart II – Multiple Languages in Contact/Conflict in L2 Writing InstructionChapter 7. Ibon Manterola: A Study of Recipes Written by Basque L2 Immersion Students: Any Evidence for Language Revitalization?Chapter 8. Lucile Duperron: The Transition from the Foreign Language to the Study Abroad Classroom: Mediating Writer Culture ShockChapter 9. Juyoung Song: Language Ideology, Language Policy and Writing in Korean as a Second LanguagePart III – Affect and Student Attitudes Toward Pedagogical PracticesChapter 10. Laura Valentín-Rivera: Writing Practices among Spanish Mixed Pairs: An Insight Regarding the Revision of Labor and Learners’ Perceptions on CollaborationChapter 11. Aroline E. Seibert Hanson: The Motivation of Heritage Learners vs. Foreign Language Learners in a University-level Spanish Composition CourseChapter 12. Mizuki Mazzotta and David L. Chiesa: The Role of Learner Affect in L2 Japanese Writing TutorialsConclusion. Nur Yiğitoğlu and Melinda Reichelt