Concept-Based Language Instruction and Genre-Based Second Language Writing Pedagogy: Provoking and Assessing Development - Paperback

by J. Elliott Casal (Author), Lindsey M. Kurtz (Author), Xixin Qiu (Author)

This book presents an interdisciplinary, flexible and comprehensive framework for teaching second language (L2) and multilingual writing that integrates Concept-Based Language Instruction and Genre-Based Writing Pedagogy. The authors show how L2 writing instructors can empower student writers to be agentive, aware and strategic in their writing.

Author Biography

J. Elliott Casal is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at The University of Memphis, USA. His research emphasizes genre- and discipline-specific writing practices and literacies, multilingual and second language writing, and computer assisted language and literacy development.

Lindsey M. Kurtz is Director of Legal English Certificate Programs and resident linguist in Global and International Programs at Penn State Dickinson Law, USA. Her teaching and scholarly interests include Vygotskian sociocultural theory, legal discourse, second language writing and English for Specific Purposes.

Xixin Qiu is a Lecturer in the Writing Program at Case Western Reserve University, USA, specializing in second language writing, corpus linguistics, genre analysis and English for Academic Purposes.