Developing Writing Competence in L2 Chinese Classrooms

Research and Application

Edited by Li Yang, Laura Valentín-Rivera

Publication date:

26 April 2023

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781800413030

This edited volume focuses on writing Chinese as a second language (L2). It provides readers with cutting-edge empirical research and insightful teaching methods and strategies for effectively developing L2 writing competence in L2 Chinese classroom contexts. The themes encompass heritage versus foreign language writers, individual versus collaborative writing, writing as process versus writing as product, writing-focused intervention and written corrective feedback in L2 Chinese classrooms, as well as online writing instruction during and beyond the pandemic. In addition to providing meaningful and innovative contributions for graduate students and researchers who wish to further explore learners’ writing development in L2 Chinese, each chapter offers practical, detailed and insightful pedagogical recommendations to assist language teachers and educators, graduate students and research scholars in making well-informed decisions on writing instruction in L2 Chinese and to facilitate the implementation of writing-focused activities within classrooms.

This collection of pedagogically-relevant research reports will provide a much-needed resource for L2 Chinese writing specialists. Its chapters focus on important writing-related topics, including collaborative writing, writing for social media, strategy use, the writing of heritage-language learners, writing fluency, syntactic quality, and lexical accuracy. The volume is groundbreaking.