Second Language Writing Instruction in Global Contexts

Lisya Seloni is Associate Professor of English, Illinois State University, USA. Her research areas include L2 writing, teacher education, intercultural rhetoric and language-based ethnography.Sarah Henderson Lee is Associate Professor of English, Minnesota State University, USA. Her research areas include L2 writing, World Englishes, critical pedagogy and language teacher identity.

The message from the well-known scholars in this volume seems clear: As the English language continues to grow in global importance, so does the importance of well-prepared writing teachers. This important book calls for more attention to preparing teachers of writing and to finding ways to deal with contextual and institutional constraints that have historically underplayed attention to English L2 writing.

• Introduction. Lisya Seloni and Sarah Henderson Lee: Issues and Perspectives in Second Language Writing Teacher Education in Non-English Dominant ContextsChapter 1. Alan Hirvela: Exploring Second Language Writing Teacher Education: The Role of Adaptive ExpertiseChapter 2. Icy Lee: Second Language Writing Teacher Education and Feedback Literacy Development: Perspectives from Hong KongChapter 3. Zhiwei Wu and Xiaoye You: English Writing Teachers’ Concept Development in ChinaChapter 4. Keiko Hirose and Chris Harwood: Factors Influencing English as a Foreign Language Writing Instruction in Japan from a Teacher Education PerspectiveThis chapter is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence and can be downloaded for free at: https://zenodo.org/records/7096127#.YymCsHbMLcsChapter 5. Sarah J. McCarthey: Teacher Preparation for Writing Instruction in SingaporeChapter 6. Tanita Saenkhum: English Writing Instruction and Teacher Preparation in Thailand: Perspectives from the Primary and Secondary SchoolsChapter 7. Sarah Henderson Lee and Shyam B. Pandey: Writing Pedagogy and Practice in South Asia: A Case of English Language Teachers and Teacher Trainers in NepalChapter 8. Thomas D. Mitchell and Silvia Pessoa: Scaffolding Second Language Disciplinary Writing in Qatar: A Case Study of a Design Teacher’s DevelopmentChapter 9. Aylin Ünaldi, Lisya Seloni, Şebnem Yalçin, and Nur Yiğitoğlu Aptoula: The Role of Writing in an English as a Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Program in Turkey: Institutional Demands, Pedagogical Practices and Student NeedsChapter 10. Alev Özbilgin and Betil Eröz: Opportunities and Resources for Pre-service English Teachers to Teach Writing: The Case of Northern CyprusChapter 11. Lourdes Cerezo, Belén González-Cruz and José Ángel Mercader: English as a Foreign Language Writing Teacher Education and Development in Spain: The Relevance of a Focus on Second Language Writing as a Tool for Second Language DevelopmentChapter 12. Darío Luis Banegas, Marianela Herrera, Cristina Nieva, Luisina Doroñuk and Yanina Salgueiro: ‘Writing Makes us Professional’: Second Language Writing in Argentinian Teacher EducationChapter 13. Solange Aranha and Luciana C. de Oliveira: Second Language Writing Teacher Education in BrazilChapter 14. Melinda Reichelt: Preparing Teachers to Teach Writing in Various English as a Foreign Language Contexts