ABSTRACT

This unique state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive, systematic discussion of second language (L2) writing and L2 learning. Led by experts Rosa Manchón and Charlene Polio, top international scholars synthesize and contextualize the salient theoretical approaches, methodological issues, empirical findings, and emerging themes in the connection between L2 writing and L2 learning, and set the future research agenda to move the field forward. This will be an indispensable resource for scholars and students of second language acquisition (SLA), applied linguistics, education, and composition studies.

part II|262 pages

Core Issues

part Section 1|28 pages

Tasks and Writing

chapter 5|13 pages

Task Complexity Studies

part Section 3|28 pages

Language Transfer and Writing

chapter 8|12 pages

Transfer, Writing, and SLA

L2 Writing as a Multilingual Event

chapter 9|14 pages

Multicompetence and L2 Writing

part Section 5|72 pages

Writing Research, Corrective Feedback, and Language Development

chapter 13|14 pages

L2 Writing and Grammar Development

chapter 15|14 pages

L2 Writing and Formulaic Language

Formulaic Chunks and Lexical Bundles

chapter 16|13 pages

Written Corrective Feedback

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects on Language Learning

part III|86 pages

Expanding Research Agendas