Second language (L2) writing teaching and research in China have enjoyed a rich history and have had remarkable achievements. However, the extensive L2 writing literature created in China has not yet been analyzed comprehensively from theoretical, methodological, and philosophical perspectives. This research synthesis provides a metadisciplinary…

Writing Studies has flourished as a field in Latin America during the last two decades. Its development has been fostered by an exponential growth of college enrollments and processes of expansion and democratization of the educational offer in the region. The renewed attention received by higher education writing has fueled new research efforts…

Outlines a project designed to develop and extend the writing of 10- and 11-year-old students that utilized an interdisciplinary thematic approach and emphasized writing within meaningful contexts. The unit, which linked the study of color with Bible study, incorporated the strategies of conferencing and drafting. (SKC)