scholarly journals An Analysis of Student Texts for the Development of Korean Language Writing Instruction - A Focus on Chinese Students’ Texts

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (null) ◽  
pp. 317-349
Author(s):  
한정희
Keyword(s):  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Korean Language ◽  
Language Writing

An integrated approach to foreign language writing instruction

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Corinne Mesana
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Foreign Language Writing ◽  
Language Writing

Abstract This paper puts forth the need for further integration of research on writing-as-a-process in foreign language writing and teaching practices. Several problems are identified concerning the teaching and learning of writing skills, as most teachers attend to the product – its originality, clarity and correctness, and recent popular textbooks on French language and culture still focus on the product and rarely on the process. The extensive research on writing-as-a-process in both Francophone and North American applied linguistics for L1 and L2 does not seem to have had the same repercussions on foreign language teaching or material development as it did on L2 writing skills for ESL/EFL. Here, I propose an integrative approach to writing instruction comprising different findings in process writing, self- and peer-assessment and cross-cultural awareness. The design of a six-step approach stems from a recent book on the pedagogy of writing skills (Mesana-Alais, 2001) and shows how to explore and produce genre-based texts.

Source articles as scaffolds in reading to write

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Task Representation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Course Syllabi ◽  
Language Writing

This article discusses a case study examining a Chinese graduate student’s experience with reading-to-write tasks in business, particularly the student’s use of source articles in performing the tasks. Data on six library research papers were collected from several sources in three semesters, including (1) course syllabi, (2) the source articles and the student’s reading notes, (3) the student’s outlines, drafts, and final versions of the six papers, and (4) interviews with the student. Analysis of the data indicated that the source articles scaffolded the student’s representations of the tasks and that the student’s task representation was influenced by several factors such as the student’s goals, the perceived purpose of the assignments, and the student’s beliefs and experience. Implications of the study for second language writing instruction and research are discussed.

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