Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing : Principles and Techniques

Hinkel, Eli

ISBN 10: 0415889995 / ISBN 13: 9780415889995

Published by Routledge, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing : Principles and Techniques
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415889995
• ISBN 13: 9780415889995
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing sets out a clear big picture for curricular thinking about L2 writing pedagogy and offers a step-by-step guide to curriculum design with practical examples and illustrations. Its main purpose is to help pre-service and practicing teachers design courses for teaching academic writing and to do this as efficiently and effectively as possible. Bringing together the what and the how-to with research-based principles, what sets this book apart is its overarching focus on language pedagogy and language building.

Part 1 examines curricular foundations in general and focuses on what is socially valued in L2 writing and pedagogy at school and at the college and university level. Part 2 is concerned with the nitty-gritty̶―the daily realities of curricular design and classroom instruction. Part 3 takes a close look at the key pedagogical ingredients of teaching academic L2 writing: vocabulary and collocations, grammar for academic writing, and down-to-earth techniques for helping L2 writers to organize discourse and ideas. The Appendix provides an extensive checklist for developing curricula for a course or several courses in language teaching.

About the Author

Eli Hinkel is Professor, Linguistics and MA-TESL Programs, Seattle Pacific University, USA.