Learning-to-Write and Writing-to-Learn in an Additional Language: 31 (Language Learning & Language Teaching) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027213046 ISBN 13: 9789027213044

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

This book is a pioneer attempt to bridge the gap between the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and second and foreign language (L2) writing. Its ultimate aim is to advance our understanding of written language learning by compiling a collection of theoretical meta-reflections and empirical studies that shed new light on two crucial dimensions of the theory and research in the field: first, the manner in which L2 users learn to express themselves in writing (the learning-to-write dimension), and, second, the manner in which the engagement in written output practice can contribute to developing competences in an L2 (the writing-to-learn dimension). These two areas of disciplinary inquiry have up until now developed separately: the learning-to-write dimension has been the cornerstone of L2 writing research, whereas the writing-to-learn one has been theorized and researched within SLA studies, hence the relevance of the book for exploring L2 writing-SLA interfaces.

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Review

The essays, overall, provide the reader with different views dealing with issues and concerns of SLA and L2. They also serve to bring together the fields of SLA and L2 writing in new and exciting ways by recognizing the importance of the agency and identity that writers bring with them and of the writerly voices they already possess in the target language. -- Dianna Baldwin, Michigan State University, in Studies in Second Language Acquisition 34(4), 692-693 (2012)

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9027213046
• ISBN 13: 9789027213044
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Manchón Rosa M.