Also available in ebook format.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This comprehensive collection of thirteen original articles covers the major issues writing teachers face.

It systematically sets out the key issues in second language writing instruction to offer both pre-service and in-service teachers a guide to writing instruction grounded in current theory and research. The book includes chapters on approaches to teaching writing, needs analysis, syllabus design, lesson planning, task design, materials development, and feedback and assessment, and on using technology in writing classes and in conducting research. There are review exercises, reflection questions, and copious examples to make the book extremely useful to prospective and practising teachers alike." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

I. Philosophical Underpinnings of Second Language Writing Instruction
Chapter 1. Second language composition instruction: developments, issues, and directions in ESL / Tony Silva
Chapter 2. L1 composition theories: implications for developing theories of L2 composition / Ann M. Johns
Chapter 3. An overview of second language writing process research / Alexandra Rowe Krapels
Chapter 4. Coaching from the margins: issues in written response / Ilona Leki
Chapter 5. Second language writing: assessment issues / Liz Hamp-Lyons
Chapter 6. Reading-writing connections: toward a description for second language learners / Joan Carson Eisterhold

II. Considerations for Writing Instruction
Chapter 7. Composing in English: effects of a first language on writing in English as a second language / Alexander Friedlander
Chapter 8. The teaching of topical structure analysis as a revision strategy for ESL writers / Ulla Connor and Mary Farmer
Chapter 9. What does time buy?: ESL student performance on home versus class compositions / Barbara Kroll
Chapter 10. Feedback on compositions: teacher and student verbal reports / Andrew D. Cohen and Marilda C. Cavalcanti
Chapter 11. Teacher response to student writing: focus on form versus content / Ann K. Fathman and Elizabeth Whalley
Chapter 12. Responding to different topic types: a quantitative analysis from a contrastive rhetoric perspective / Joy Reid
Chapter 13. Writing with others' words: using background reading text in academic compositions / Cherry Campbell