Teaching and Researching Writing

by Ken Hyland

Overview

The new edition of Ken Hyland’s text provides an authoritative guide to writing theory, research, and teaching. Emphasising the dynamic relationship between scholarship and pedagogy, it shows how research feeds into teaching practice. Teaching and Researching Writing introduces readers to key conceptual issues in the field today and reinforces their understanding with detailed cases, then offers tools for further investigating areas of interest. This is the essential resource for students of applied linguistics and language education to acquire and operationalise writing research theories, methods, findings, and practices––as well as for scholars and practitioners looking to learn more about writing and literacy.

New to the fourth edition:

• Added or expanded coverage of important topics such as translingualism, digital literacies and technologies, multimodal and social media writing, action research, teacher reflection, curriculum design, teaching young learners, and discipline-specific and profession-specific writing.
• Updated throughout––including revision to case studies and classroom practices––and discussion of Rhetorical Genre Studies, intercultural rhetoric, and expertise.
• Reorganised References and Resources section for ease of use for students, researchers, and teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317862727
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Series:	Applied Linguistics in Action
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents

Series Editor Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

SECTION I

Understanding Writing

1

An Overview of Writing

1.1

Text-Oriented Understandings

1.2

Writer-Oriented Understandings

1.3

Reader-Oriented Understandings

1.4

Conclusion

Further Reading

2

Key Issues in Writing

2.1

Writing and Context

2.2

Literacy and Expertise

2.3

2.4

Academic and Disciplinary Writing

Writing, Technology and Digital Literacy

2.5

2.6

Multimodal Writing

Writing and Identity

2.7

English, Dominance and Writing

2.8

Conclusion

Further Reading

3

Quandaries and Possibilities

3.1

Writing Instruction and Culture

3.2

3.3

Information Technology and Social Networks

Writing Wikis and Blogs

3.4

Multimodal Writing Instruction

3.5

Writing Instruction and Plagiarism

3.6

3.7

Writing Instruction and Written Corrective Feedback

Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE)

3.8

Conclusion

Further Reading

SECTION II

Researching Writing

4

Research Practices and Issues

4.1

Reflective Practice

4.2

Practitioner Research

4.3

Research Design

4.4

Research Methods

4.5

4.6

4.7

Research Methodologies

Research Topics

Conclusion

Further Reading

5

Research Cases: Observing and Reporting

5.1

Questionnaire Research on Teachers Writing Book Reviews

5.2

Experimental Research on Peer Response

5.3

Interview Research on Academic Blogs

5.4

Protocol Research on Primary Students’ Writing Strategies

5.5

Diary Blogs Research on Drafting a Research Paper

5.6

Keystroke Logging Research on Writing Strategies

5.7

Conclusion

Further Reading

6

Research Cases: Texts and Contexts

6.1

Genre Analysis Research on Grant Proposal Abstracts

6.2

Corpus Research on Learner Uses of Lexical Bundles

6.3

Case-Study Research of a Chinese Doctor Writing for Publication

6.4

Ethnographic Research on Student Peer Review of Writing

6.5

Multimodal Research of Elementary Students’ Maths Writing

6.6

Synthesis Research on the Effectiveness of Peer Feedback

6.7

Conclusion

Further Reading

SECTION III

Teaching Writing

7

Approaches to Teaching Writing

7.1

Text-Oriented Approaches to Teaching

7.2

Writer-Oriented Approaches to Teaching

7.3

Reader-Oriented Approaches to Teaching

7.4

Conclusion

Further Reading

8

Teaching Writing: Materials and Practices

8.1

Research Writing: A Series of Advanced Writing Guides

8.2

Corpora in Writing Instruction

8.3

Leaner blogs

8.4

8.5

Writing Teaching and Academic Word Lists

Scaffolding School Literacy: Writing Frames

8.6

Wikis in the writing class

8.7

Writing Portfolios: Pedagogy and Assessment

Further Reading

9

Teaching Writing: Classes and Courses

9.1

Writ 101: A Modified Process Approach

9.2

Genre in Australian Schools

9.3

English for Clinical Pharmacy: A Specific EAP Course

9.4

Go for Gold—Writing for a Reason

9.5

Data Driven Learning for Research Postgraduates

Further Reading

SECTION IV

Exploring Writing

10

Significant Areas and Key Texts

10.1

Literacy and writing

10.2

Rhetoric

10.3

Scientific and Technical Writing

10.4

Professional and Business Writing

10.5

Academic Writing

10.6

Journalism and Print Media

10.7

First-Language Writing

10.8

Second-Language Writing Instruction

10.9

Pragmatics and Writing

10.10

Translation Studies

10.11

Literary Studies

10.12

Writing using digital technologies

10.13

Writing and Multimodal Texts

10.14

Writing and Forensic Linguistics

10.15

10.16

Writing and young learners

Creative Writing

11

Key Sources on Writing

11.1

Research Sources: For analysis and study of writing

11.2

Teaching sources: For practitioners and learners

Glossary

References

Index