The Journal of Second Language Writing is devoted to publishing theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions that represent a significant contribution to current understandings of central issues in second and foreign language writing and writing instruction. Some areas of interest are personal characteristics and attitudes of L2 writers, L2 writers' composing processes, features of L2 writers' texts, readers' responses to L2 writing, assessment/evaluation of L2 writing, contexts (cultural, social, political, institutional) for L2 writing, and any other topic clearly relevant to L2 writing theory, research, or instruction.
Journal of Second Language Writing
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Identifiers
ISSN | 1060-3743 |
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Additional information
Data set: Elsevier
Articles
Journal of Second Language Writing > 2018 > 40 > C > 1-11
To add to the currently limited intercultural rhetoric (IR) research that incorporates learner perspectives, this study examines how a group of American undergraduate students understood evidence use as they took part in an intensive study abroad program to learn Chinese yìlùnwén writing. Participants in the study included nine Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) students from five American universities...
Journal of Second Language Writing > 2018 > 40 > C > 32-43
In this article, we attempt to bring new analytic lenses (Canadian, European, from applied linguistics and sociolinguistics) to the fields of composition and second language writing in North America. Specifically, we focus on the challenges that linguistic diversity poses to instructors teaching Writing Intensive (WI) classes at West Coast University (WCU) in Vancouver, Canada. First, we highlight...