Describes how mental experiments can be used to turn expository writing into games and even self-exploration in an advanced language course. Through a class project on sex change, for example, learners acquire more knowledge about themselves as well as heightened language skills. (LET)

Discussion of ways in which second-language learners' processing of and interaction with narrative and expository texts affects their performance on cloze tests suggests that researchers and teachers interpreting these tests should not assume that such tests only assess language ability. (CB)

Discusses academic writing as it is learned by Chinese students of English as a second language (ESL), and critiques Kaplan's claim that ESL students writing expository prose in English will show organizational patterns different from those of native speakers. Developmental factors in second language learners' writing are discussed. (SED)