Second Language Writing Research : Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction

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ISBN: 9780805850468 | 0805850465
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Copyright: 1/24/2005

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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.

Preface

I. RESEARCH AS SITUATED KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION

On the Philosophical Bases of Inquiry in Second Language Writing: Metaphysics, Inquiry Paradigms, and the Intellectual Zeitgeist

(14)

Tony Silva

Uses of Narrative in L2 Writing Research

(16)

Christine Pearson Casanave

Historical Inquiry in Second Language Writing

(16)

Paul Kei Matsuda

II. CONCEPTUALIZING L2 WRITING RESEARCH

Situated Qualitative Research and Second Language Writing

(16)

Dwight Atkinson

A Multimethod Approach to Research Into Processes of Scholarly Writing for Publication

(14)

John Flowerdew

Hypothesis Generation and Hypothesis Testing: Two Complementary Studies of EFL Writing Processes

(14)

Miyuki Sasaki

Talking About Writing: Cross-Modality Research and Second Language Speaking/Writing Connections

(12)

Robert Weissberg

Researching Teacher Evaluation of Second Language Writing via Prototype Theory

105

(16)

Richard Haswell

Composing Culture in a Fragmented World: The Issue of Representation in Cross-Cultural Research

121

(14)

Xiaoming Li

III. COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA

Qualitative Research as Heuristic: Investigating Documentation Practices in a Medical Setting

135

(14)

Susan Parks

Mucking Around in the Lives of Others: Reflections on Qualitative Research

149

(10)

Linda Lonon Blanton

Coding Data in Qualitative Research on L2 Writing: Issues and Implications

159

(18)

Colleen Brice

Digging Up Texts and Transcripts: Confessions of a Discourse Analyst

177

(14)

Ken Hyland

Using Concurrent Protocols to Explore L2 Writing Processes: Methodological Issues in the Collection and Analysis of Data

191

(16)

Rosa M. Manchon

Liz Murphy

Julio Roca de Larios

Taking on English Writing in a Bilingual Program: Revisiting, Reexamining, Reconceptualizing the Data

207

(16)

Sarah Hudelson

IV. CODA

Tricks of the Trade: The Nuts and Bolts of L2 Writing Research

223

(12)

Dana Ferris

Contributors

235

(6)

Author Index

241

(6)

Subject Index

247

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Second Language Writing Research : Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction

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