Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms: Instructional Issues, Content-area Writing and Teacher Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137530979 ISBN 13: 9781137530974

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms focuses on L2 writing in elementary classrooms. It features chapters that highlight research in elementary classrooms focused on the writing development of multilingual children, and research in teacher education to prepare elementary teachers to teach L2 writing and address L2 writers' needs.

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About the Author

Luciana C. de Oliveira is Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami, Florida. Her research focuses on issues related to teaching English language learners (ELLs) at the K-12 level.

Tony Silva is Professor in the Department of English at Purdue University, where he directs the Graduate Program in Second Language Studies/ESL. His research focuses on second language writing theory, research, and practice.

From the Back Cover

Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms focuses on L2 writing in elementary classrooms. It features chapters that highlight research in elementary classrooms focused on the writing development of multilingual children, and research in teacher education to prepare elementary teachers to teach L2 writing and address L2 writers' needs. Part I presents instructional issues for L2 writers at the elementary level. Part II focuses on content-area writing. Part III focuses on L2 writing teacher education at the elementary level.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137530979
• ISBN 13: 9781137530974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: De Oliveira Luciana, Silva Tony