Developing Writing Competence in L2 Chinese Classrooms: Research and Application: 161 (Second Language Acquisition) - Hardcover

Li Yang; Laura Valentín-Rivera

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800413033 ISBN 13: 9781800413030

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2023

Synopsis

This edited volume focuses on writing Chinese as a second language (L2). It provides readers with cutting-edge empirical research and insightful teaching methods and strategies for effectively developing L2 writing competence in L2 Chinese classroom contexts. The themes encompass heritage versus foreign language writers, individual versus collaborative writing, writing as process versus writing as product, writing-focused intervention and written corrective feedback in L2 Chinese classrooms, as well as online writing instruction during and beyond the pandemic. In addition to providing meaningful and innovative contributions for graduate students and researchers who wish to further explore learners’ writing development in L2 Chinese, each chapter offers practical, detailed and insightful pedagogical recommendations to assist language teachers and educators, graduate students and research scholars in making well-informed decisions on writing instruction in L2 Chinese and to facilitate the implementation of writing-focused activities within classrooms.

About this title

About the Author

Li Yang is Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University, USA. She conducts research on second language acquisition of Chinese, focused on interlanguage pragmatics and second language writing.

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Laura Valentín-Rivera is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at Kansas State University, USA. Her academic interests include Spanish applied linguistics, heritage language learners’ literacy skills and collaboration mediated by social tools, and Spanish in the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800413033
• ISBN 13: 9781800413030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Yang Li, Valentín-Rivera Laura