Research Catalog

Title

Practicing theory in second language writing / edited by Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda.

Publication

West Lafayette, Ind. : Parlor Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Silva, Tony, 1953-
• Matsuda, Paul Kei.

Description

xv, 313 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Second language writing

Uniform Title

Second language writing.

Subjects

• Second language acquisition research
• Language and languages > Study and teaching > Research
• Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Research

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The nature and role of theory in second language writing. Between theory with a big T and practice with a small p: why theory matters / Dwight Atkinson -- Theories, frameworks, and heuristics: some reflections on inquiry and second language writing / Alister Cumming -- Multicompetence, social context, and L2 writing research praxis / Lourdes Ortega and Joan Carson -- Finding "theory" in the particular an "autobiography" of what I learned and how about teacher feedback / Lynn M. Goldstein -- Reflections on theoretical practices. Practicing theory in qualitative research on second language writing / Linda Harklau and Gwendolyn Williams -- Cleaning up the mess: perspectives from a novice theory builder / Christine Tardy -- A reconsideration of contents of "pedagogical implications" and "further research needed" moves in the reporting of second language writing research and their roles in theory building / Doug Flahive -- Beyond texts: a research agenda for quantitative research on second language writers and readers / -- Dudley W. Reynolds -- Ideology and theory in second language writing: a dialogical treatment / A. Suresh Canagarajah -- Critical approaches to theory in second language writing: a case of critical contrastive rhetoric / Ryuko Kubota -- Theory and practice in second language writing: how and where do they meet? / Wei Zhu -- Theory-and-practice and other questionable dualisms in L2 writing / John Hedgcock -- Assess thyself lest others assess thee / Deborah Crusan -- "Do I need a theoretical framework?" doctoral students' perspectives on the role of theory in dissertation research and writing / Diane Belcher and Alan Hirvela.

Call Number

JFE 10-4557

ISBN

• 9781602351387 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1602351384 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781602351394 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1602351392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9781602351400 (adobe ebook : alk. paper)
• 1602351406 (adobe ebook : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009043991

OCLC

463454290

Title

Practicing theory in second language writing / edited by Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda.

Imprint

West Lafayette, Ind. : Parlor Press, c2010.

Series

Second language writing

Second language writing.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Silva, Tony, 1953-

Matsuda, Paul Kei.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-4557