Teaching L2 Composition

This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching, and reading-writing connections.

Autorentext

Dana R. Ferris is Professor in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis, USA.

John S. Hedgcock is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, USA.

Inhalt

1. Concepts in Writing and Learning to Write in a Second Language 2. Understanding Student Populations and Instructional Contexts 3. Pedagogical Approaches in L1 and L2 Composition: History and Recent Trends 4. A Socioliterate Approach to L2 Composition Teaching: Literacy, Reading, Genre Awareness, and Authentic Task Design 5. Course Design and Instructional Planning for the L2 Writing Course 6. Classroom Assessment of L2 Writing 7. Response to Student Writing: Issues and Options for Giving and Facilitating Feedback 8. Improving Accuracy in Student Writing: Error Treatment in the Composition Class 9. Developing Language Skills in the Writing Class: Why, What, How, and Who