| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages) |
| Contents |
Research as Situated Knowledge Construction -- On the Philosophical Bases of Inquiry in Second Language Writing: Metaphysics, Inquiry Paradigms, and the Intellectual Zeitgeist / Tony Silva -- Uses of Narrative in L2 Writing Research / Christine Pearson Casanave -- Historical Inquiry in Second Language Writing / Paul Kei Matsuda -- Conceptualizing L2 Writing Research -- Situated Qualitative Research and Second Language Writing / Dwight Atkinson -- A Multimethod Approach to Research Into Processes of Scholarly Writing for Publication / John Flowerdew -- Hypothesis Generation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Complementary Studies of EFL Writing Processes / Miyuki Sasaki -- Talking About Writing: Cross-Modality Research and Second Language Speaking/Writing Connections / Robert Weissberg -- Researching Teacher Evaluation of Second Language Writing via Prototype Theory / Richard Haswell -- Composing Culture in a Fragmented World: The Issue of Representation in Cross-Cultural Research / Xiaoming Li -- Collecting and Analyzing Data -- Qualitative Research as Heuristic: Investigating Documentation Practices in a Medical Setting / Susan Parks -- Mucking Around in the Lives of Others: Reflections on Qualitative Research / Linda Lonon Blanton -- Coding Data in Qualitative Research on L2 Writing: Issues and Implications / Colleen Brice -- Digging Up Texts and Transcripts: Confessions of a Discourse Analyst / Ken Hyland -- Using Concurrent Protocols to Explore L2 Writing Processes: Methodological Issues in the Collection and Analysis of Data / Rosa M. Manchon, Liz Murphy, and Julio Roca de Larios -- Taking on English Writing in a Bilingual Program: Revisiting, Reexamining, Reconceptualizing the Data / Sarah Hudelson -- Coda -- Tricks of the Trade: The Nuts and Bolts of L2 Writing Research / Dana Ferris |
| Summary |
Researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the field, it helps demystify the research process |
| Analysis |
Writing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Research
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Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Research
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Second language acquisition -- Research
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Research
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Second language acquisition -- Research
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Matsuda, Paul Kei
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Silva, Tony J
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| LC no. |
2004053337 |
| ISBN |
1410612759 |
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9781410612755 |
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0805850457 |
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9780805850451 |
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0805850465 |
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9780805850468 |
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1282323911 |
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9781282323919 |
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9786612323911 |
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6612323914 |
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