Vocabulary and Second Language Writing Paperback / softback
by David Hirsh
Part of the The Michigan Series on Teaching Multilingual Writers series
Paperback / softback
Description
In this volume, David Hirsh compellingly makes the case for why vocabulary should be a necessary component of L2 writing proficiency and L2 writing instruction.
He examines why vocabulary size and context matter, how productive use of vocabulary can be scaffolded, how to treat vocabulary errors, and the ways that technology like corpora and concordances can support teachers and improve students’ independent vocabulary acquisition.
In fact, one chapter is devoted to fostering learner autonomy, an important contribution to pedagogy that is often neglected in similar texts. Each chapter concludes with a list of key points and tasks and discussion questions for pre- and in-service instructors.
Several chapters also include sample activities for teaching vocabulary at various instructional levels, designed to encourage readers to consider more deeply how they will include vocabulary instruction in their classrooms.
Vocabulary and Second Language Writing will be an excellent guide for all college-level writing instructors and help them understand the critical role that vocabulary plays in writing quality—something that is often disregarded in favor of holistic features like genre and rhetoric.
The volume may also be useful for writing center administrators and those who train writing tutors.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2021
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- ISBN:9780472038688
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780472038688
