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Dobao, Ana Fernandez – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
This study investigates the benefits of collaborative writing tasks. Previous research from the perspective of the sociocultural theory of mind suggests that writing tasks completed in pairs offer learners an opportunity to collaborate in the solution of their language-related problems, co-construct new language knowledge, and produce…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Collaborative Writing, Writing Processes, Interaction
Li, Yongyan – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
English as an Additional Language (EAL) students' textual borrowing in disciplinary writing has attracted wide research interest in recent years. However, much of the research was conducted in the regular curriculum setting while the relevance of the issue in a writing-for-publication context has largely been overlooked. In particular,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Biochemistry, Writing for Publication
Abasi, Ali R. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
Understanding how individuals interact with texts in situated writing acts and what goes into the process of writing in various social, cultural, and educational contexts has recently been laid out as a broadened research agenda for cultural studies of writing within the framework of intercultural rhetoric. However, there is a paucity of classroom…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Student Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Indo European Languages
Williams, Jessica – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
Writing is often seen as having a minor role in second language learning. This article explores recent research that suggests that writing can have a facilitative role in language development. In particular, it focuses on three features of writing: (1) its slower pace, and (2) the enduring record that it leaves, both of which can encourage…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kormos, Judit – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
Although the role of individual differences in second language (L2) speech has been extensively studied, the impact of individual differences on the process of second language writing and the written product has been a neglected area of research. In this paper, I review the most important individual difference factors that might explain variations…
Descriptors: Role, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Individual Differences
Polio, Charlene – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
The controversies surrounding written error correction can be traced to Truscott (1996) in his polemic against written error correction. He claimed that empirical studies showed that error correction was ineffective and that this was to be expected "given the nature of the correction process and "the nature of language learning" (p. 328, emphasis…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Error Correction, Writing (Composition)
Li, Yongyan; Casanave, Christine Pearson – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
In this paper we report a case study of two first-year students at a university in Hong Kong doing the same writing assignment that required the use of sources. We explore the students' understanding of plagiarism, their strategies for composing, the similarity between their texts and source texts, and the lecturer's assessment of their work. The…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Introductory Courses, Plagiarism, Difficulty Level
Pecorari, Diane; Shaw, Philip – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
Intertextuality is a prominent feature of academic writing, and the ability to use sources effectively and appropriately is an essential skill which novice writers must acquire. It is also a complex skill, and student performance is not always successful. It is presumably beneficial for students to receive consistent messages about what source use…
Descriptors: Classification, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction, College Faculty
Negretti, Raffaella; Kuteeva, Maria – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
Although the concept of metacognition has received considerable attention for its impact on learning across disciplinary areas, it has not been sufficiently discussed in the context of L2 academic reading and writing. In this paper, we bring together two theoretical frameworks, genre analysis and metacognition theory, and discuss the concept of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Writing Assignments, Metacognition, Metalinguistics
DePalma, Michael-John; Ringer, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
In this paper, we argue that discussions of transfer in L2 writing and composition studies have focused primarily on the reuse of past learning and thus have not adequately accounted for the adaptation of learned writing knowledge in unfamiliar situations. In an effort to expand disciplinary discussions of transfer in L2 writing and composition…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Rhetoric, Educational Psychology, Transfer of Training
Yasuda, Sachiko – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
This study examines how novice foreign language (FL) writers develop their genre awareness, linguistic knowledge, and writing competence in a genre-based writing course that incorporates email-writing tasks. To define genre, the study draws on systemic functional linguistics (SFL) that sees language as a resource for making meaning in a particular…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Cheng, An – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
The ESP School of genre study has been noted as increasingly bridging the linguistic and the rhetorical traditions in genre studies. However, some genre theorists have characterized the ESP genre approaches as treating rhetorical contexts as mainly, if not merely, the background for explicating texts. This paper explores this issue through…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Writing Instruction, English for Special Purposes, Literary Genres
Johns, Ann M. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
In this essay, the author explores four fundamental, but contested topics in Genre-based Writing Instruction (GBWI) about which decisions must be made as curricula are developed. Drawing from the three major genre traditions (Hyon, 1996), the author examines the contested topics ("naming", "awareness/acquisition", "pedagogical focus", "and…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Instruction, Literary Genres, Decision Making
Costino, Kimberly A.; Hyon, Sunny – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
In light of the increasing student diversity in U.S. university composition classrooms, there is a strong need for collaboration between L1 and L2 writing specialists. Differences in the lexicons of our two fields, however, as well as the philosophical differences embedded in our word choices, can hinder productive L1-L2 communication. The purpose…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Cooperation, Student Diversity, English (Second Language)
Shehadeh, Ali – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
This study investigated the effectiveness and students' perceptions of collaborative writing (CW) in second language (L2). The study involved 38 first year students in two intact classes at a large university in the UAE (United Arab Emirates). One class consisted of 18 students and was considered the experimental group, and the second consisted of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Student Attitudes