Practicing Theory in Second Language Writing

Nonfiction. Writing Reference. Language Arts. English as a Second Language.Theory has been used widely in the field of second language writing. Secondlanguage w... » 

Nonfiction. Writing Reference. Language Arts. English as a Second Language.Theory has been used widely in the field of second language writing. Secondlanguage writing specialiststeachers researchers and administratorshaveyet to have an open and sustained conversation about what theory is how itworks and more important how to practice theory. PRACTICING THEORY IN SECONDLANGUAGE WRITING features fourteen essays by distinguished scholars in secondlanguage writing who explore various aspects of theoretical work that goes onin the field. Contributors include Dwight Atkinson Diane Belcher A. SureshCanagarajah Joan Carson Deborah Crusan Alister Cumming Doug Flahive LynnM. Goldstein Linda Harklau John Hedgcock Alan Hirvela Ryuko Kubota PaulKei Matsuda Lourdes Ortega Dudley W. Reynolds Tony Silva Christine TardyGwendolyn Williams and Wei Zhu. «