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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Writing and Teaching Writing |
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1.1 What is Second Language Writing? |
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2 | (1) |
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1.2 Guiding Concepts in Teaching L2 Writing |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 Focus on Language Structures |
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1.4 Focus on Text Functions |
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6 | (2) |
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1.5 Focus on Creative Expression |
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8 | (2) |
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1.6 Focus on the Writing Process |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (3) |
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1.9 Towards a Synthesis: Process, Purpose and Context |
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21 | (4) |
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1.10 Summary and Conclusion |
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25 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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26 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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26 | (3) |
2 Second Language Writers and Teaching Contexts |
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2.1 What is a Second Language Writer? |
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29 | (1) |
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2.2 Potential L1 and L2 Writer Differences |
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30 | (5) |
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2.2.1 Language Proficiency and Intuitions |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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2.3 Potential Cultural Differences |
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35 | (9) |
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2.3.1 Conceptions of Knowledge and Writing |
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36 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Expectations about Teaching and Learning |
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38 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Attitudes to Voice and 'Textual Borrowing' |
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40 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Expectations of Textual Features |
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42 | (2) |
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2.4 Variations in Instructional Contexts |
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44 | (7) |
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2.4.1 EFL/ESL and Migrant Teaching Contexts |
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45 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Writing-to-Learn and Learning-to-Write Contexts |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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2.5 Summary and Conclusion |
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51 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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52 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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52 | (2) |
3 Course Design and Lesson Planning |
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3.1 What is a Writing Course? |
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54 | (1) |
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3.2 Aspects of a Writing Course |
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55 | (2) |
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3.3 Assessing Needs and Contexts |
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57 | (8) |
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58 | (3) |
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3.3.2 Collecting Needs Data |
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61 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Analysing the Learning Context |
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62 | (3) |
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3.3.4 Final Thoughts on Needs |
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65 | (1) |
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3.4 Setting Course Goals and Objectives |
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65 | (3) |
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3.5 Developing and Sequencing the Syllabus |
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68 | (6) |
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3.5.1 Developing the Syllabus |
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68 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Sequencing Syllabus Items |
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69 | (3) |
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3.5.3 Approaches to Syllabus Organisation |
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72 | (2) |
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3.6 Planning Units of Work |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (2) |
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3.8 Summary and Conclusion |
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79 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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80 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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80 | (3) |
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Appendix 3.1 Example Lesson Plan for a Writing Class |
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4 Texts and Materials in the Writing Class |
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4.1 What are Writing Materials? |
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84 | (1) |
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4.2 The Roles of Materials in the Writing Class |
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85 | (6) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Reference Materials |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (2) |
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4.3 Creating Materials for the Writing Class |
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91 | (8) |
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4.3.1 A Development Framework |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Exploiting Materials |
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96 | (2) |
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4.3.4 Presentation and Evaluation |
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98 | (1) |
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4.4 Textbooks as Materials |
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99 | (7) |
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4.4.1 Pros and Cons of Textbooks |
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99 | (2) |
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4.4.2 Corpus-based Textbooks |
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101 | (1) |
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4.4.3 Evaluating Textbooks |
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102 | (3) |
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4.4.4 Adapting Writing Textbooks |
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105 | (1) |
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4.5 Materials and Authenticity |
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106 | (2) |
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4.6 Summary and Conclusions |
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108 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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109 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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109 | (2) |
5 Tasks in the Writing Class |
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5.1 What are Writing Tasks? |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (3) |
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5.3 Integrating Reading and Writing in Tasks |
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117 | (3) |
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5.4 Types of Writing Tasks |
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120 | (13) |
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5.4.1 Mechanics of Writing |
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120 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Language Scaffolding Tasks |
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122 | (6) |
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128 | (5) |
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5.5 Summary and Conclusion |
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133 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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134 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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134 | (3) |
6 New Technologies in Writing Instruction |
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6.1 Why Use New Technologies in a Writing Class? |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (3) |
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6.2.1 Composing on Computers |
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139 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Incorporating Images |
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139 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Computers and L2 Writing Instruction |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (7) |
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6.3.1 Writing and Online Writing |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Social Media in the Writing Class |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (2) |
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6.4 Writing in New Contexts |
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149 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Collaborative Writing |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (2) |
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6.5 Managing Learning Online |
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153 | (10) |
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6.5.1 Virtual Learning Environments |
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153 | (2) |
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6.5.2 The Internet as a Source of Content Information |
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155 | (2) |
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6.5.3 The Internet as a Source of Language Data |
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157 | (1) |
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6.5.4 The Internet as a Source of Language Advice and Learning Materials |
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158 | (2) |
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6.5.5 The Internet and Similarity Checking |
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160 | (3) |
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6.6 Corpora in the Writing Class |
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163 | (4) |
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6.7 Summary and Conclusions |
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167 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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168 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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169 | (2) |
7 Responding to Student Writing |
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171 | (1) |
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7.2 Teacher Written Feedback |
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172 | (11) |
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7.2.1 Is Teacher Feedback Effective? |
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172 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Student Preferences and Uses of Feedback |
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173 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Delivery of Teacher Written Feedback |
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175 | (2) |
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7.2.4 Responding to Errors |
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177 | (2) |
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7.2.5 Purposes and Pragmatics of Teacher Feedback |
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179 | (3) |
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7.2.6 Interpersonal Aspects of Feedback |
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182 | (1) |
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7.3 Teacher-Student Conferencing |
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183 | (5) |
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7.3.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Conferences |
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183 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Forms of Conferences |
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184 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Planning for Conferences |
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185 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Conducting Conferences |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (8) |
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7.4.1 Pros and Cons of Peer Review |
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188 | (2) |
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7.4.2 Implementing Peer Response |
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190 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Integrating Peer Review into a Writing Course |
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191 | (2) |
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7.4.4 Peer-Response Training |
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193 | (2) |
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7.4.5 Developing Self-assessment Skills |
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195 | (1) |
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7.5 Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) |
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196 | (3) |
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196 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Pros and Cons of AWE |
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196 | (2) |
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7.5.3 Integrating AWE into L2 Writing Classes |
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198 | (1) |
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7.6 Summary and Conclusion |
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199 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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199 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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200 | (2) |
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Appendix 7.1 A Cover Sheet for the First Draft of a Narrative Essay Assignment |
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202 | (1) |
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Appendix 7.2 A Peer-Response Sheet |
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203 | (1) |
8 Assessing Student Writing |
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8.1 Why Assess Student Writing? |
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204 | (2) |
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8.2 Validity and Reliability Issues |
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206 | (4) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (2) |
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8.3 Designing Assessment Tasks |
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210 | (6) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Post-assessment Evaluation |
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215 | (1) |
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8.4 Approaches to Scoring |
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216 | (5) |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Trait-based Scoring |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (4) |
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8.5.1 Features of Portfolios |
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221 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Portfolios |
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222 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Designing, Managing and Assessing Portfolios |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (4) |
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8.6.1 Dealing with Anxiety |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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8.7 Summary and Conclusions |
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229 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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229 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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230 | (2) |
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Appendix 8.1 Holistic Marking Scheme |
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232 | (1) |
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Appendix 8.2 An Analytic Scoring Rubric |
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233 | (2) |
9 Researching Writing and Writers |
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235 | (1) |
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9.2 Doing Research on Writing |
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236 | (1) |
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9.3 Getting Started Generating and Designing a Project |
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237 | (4) |
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9.3.1 Formulating a Topic |
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9.4 Collecting Data: Methods |
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241 | (8) |
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9.4.1 Elicitation: Self-report and Performance Data |
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241 | (3) |
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9.4.2 Introspection: Verbal and Written Reports |
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244 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Observations: Live or Recorded Performance |
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245 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Text samples: Examining Writing |
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247 | (2) |
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9.5 Approaches to Data: Methodologies |
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249 | (6) |
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9.5.8 Methodologies and Perspectives on Writing |
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254 | (1) |
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9.6.1 Analysing Structured Data |
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256 | (1) |
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9.6.2 Analysing Unstructured Data |
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257 | (4) |
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9.6.3 Analysing Textual Data |
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261 | (1) |
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9.8 Summary and Conclusion |
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263 | (1) |
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Further Reading and Resources |
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263 | (1) |
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Discussion Questions and Activities |
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264 | (2) |
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Appendix 9.1 Extract from Observational Field Notes of an L2 Writing Class |
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266 | (2) |
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Appendix 9.2 Some Topics and Issues for Writing Research |
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268 | (2) |
Glossary |
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References |
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Index |
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