Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-414) and indexes.

Theoretical and practical issues in ESL writing -- ESL writing and L2 literacy development -- Syllabus design and lesson planning in ESL composition instruction -- Text selection, materials development, and task construction in ESL composition -- Teacher response to student writing : issues in oral and written feedback -- Building a community of writers : principles of peer response -- Improving accuracy in student writing : error treatment in the composition class -- Classroom approaches to ESL writing assessment -- Technology in the writing class : uses and abuses.

"In keeping with the spirit of the first edition, Teaching ESL Composition: Purpose, Process, and Practice, Second Edition presents pedagogical approaches to the teaching of ESL composition in the framework of current theoretical perspectives on second language writing processes, practices, and writers." "The dual emphasis on theory and practice makes this text appropriate as a primary or supplementary text in courses focusing on second language writing theory and in practicum courses that emphasize or include second language writing instruction or literacy instruction more generally."--BOOK JACKET.

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