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Practicing theory in second language writing /

1602351384

1602351392

1602351406

9781602351387

9781602351394

9781602351400

b516668

Practicing theory in second language writing /

[Book]

edited by Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda

West Lafayette, Ind. :

Parlor Press,

[2010]

©2010

xv, 313 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Second language writing

Includes bibliographical references and index

The nature and role of theory in second language writing. Between theory with a big T and practice with a small p: why theory matters / Dwight Atkinson -- Theories, frameworks, and heuristics: some reflections on inquiry and second language writing / Alister Cumming -- Multicompetence, social context, and L2 writing research praxis / Lourdes Ortega and Joan Carson -- Finding "theory" in the particular an "autobiography" of what I learned and how about teacher feedback / Lynn M. Goldstein -- Reflections on theoretical practices. Practicing theory in qualitative research on second language writing / Linda Harklau and Gwendolyn Williams -- Cleaning up the mess: perspectives from a novice theory builder / Christine Tardy -- A reconsideration of contents of "pedagogical implications" and "further research needed" moves in the reporting of second language writing research and their roles in theory building / Doug Flahive -- Beyond texts: a research agenda for quantitative research on second language writers and readers / -- Dudley W. Reynolds -- Ideology and theory in second language writing: a dialogical treatment / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- Critical approaches to theory in second language writing: a case of critical contrastive rhetoric / Ryuko Kubota -- Theory and practice in second language writing: how and where do they meet? / Wei Zhu -- Theory-and-practice and other questionable dualisms in L2 writing / John Hedgcock -- Assess thyself lest others assess thee / Deborah Crusan -- "Do I need a theoretical framework?" doctoral students' perspectives on the role of theory in dissertation research and writing / Diane Belcher and Alan Hirvela

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Theory has been used widely in the field of second language writing, Second language writing specialists--teachers, researchers, and administrators--have yet to have an open and sustained conversation about what theory is, how it works, and, more important, how to practice theory. Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing features fourteen essays by distinguished scholars in second language writing who explore various aspects of theoretical work that goes on in the field. The key issues addressed in Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing include the nature of theory in second language writing and the role theory plays in second language writing research, instruction, and administration; the possibility and desirability of developing a comprehensive theory or theories of second language writing; applications of theory, including the advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of adapting theories from other areas of inquiry to second language writing research, instruction, and assessment; theorizing and building theory, including the ways in which second language writing teachers, researchers, and administrators develop theories of second language writing, what a theory of second language writing might look like; the relationship between the conceptual work of theorizing and data-driven theory building; practicing theory, including how second language writing teachers, researchers, and administrators might address theory; the practical issues of learning to work with theory; and the ways that theory informs instruction and administration as well as materials development. --Book Jacket

Language and languages-- Study and teaching-- Research

Rhetoric-- Study and teaching-- Research

Second language acquisition-- Research

Matsuda, Paul Kei

Silva, Tony J

20170606071101.4

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