Second Language Writing

Provides an accessible, comprehensive and practical introduction to current theory and research in second language writing and their classroom applications.

Ken Hyland (Author)

9781108456418, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 July 2019

320 pages, 63 b/w illus. 34 tables
24.7 x 17.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.66 kg

Authoritative and accessible, this book introduces the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of EFL/ESL learners. While assuming no specialist knowledge, Ken Hyland systematically sets out the key issues of course design, lesson planning, texts and materials, tasks, feedback and assessment and how current research can inform classroom practice. This second edition is completely revised to include up-to-date work on automated feedback, plagiarism, social media, Virtual Learning Environments and teacher workload issues. It takes the clear stance that student writers not only need realistic strategies for drafting and revising, but also a clear understanding of genre to structure their writing experiences according to the expectations of particular communities of readers and the constraints of particular contexts. Review exercises, reflection questions, plentiful examples and a new extensive glossary make the book invaluable to both prospective and practicing teachers alike.

1. Writing and teaching writing
2. Second language writers and teaching contexts
3. Course design and lesson planning
4. Texts and materials in the writing class
5. Tasks in the writing class
6. New technologies in writing instruction
7. Responding to student writing
8. Assessing student writing
9. Researching writing and writers.

Subject Areas: Teaching skills & techniques [JNT], Teaching of students with English as a second language [TESOL JNSV], Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL], English language teaching [ELT E], Language teaching & learning material & coursework [CJB], Language acquisition [CFDC]