Developing Writing Competence in L2 Chinese Classrooms

Research and Application

Li Yang, Laura Valentín-Rivera

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781800413030
• eBook ISBN: 9781800413054
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Psycolinguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This edited volume focuses on writing Chinese as a second language (L2). It provides readers with cutting-edge empirical research and insightful teaching methods and strategies for effectively developing L2 writing competence in L2 Chinese classroom contexts. The themes encompass heritage versus foreign language writers, individual versus collaborative writing, writing as process versus writing as product, writing-focused intervention and written corrective feedback in L2 Chinese classrooms, as well as online writing instruction during and beyond the pandemic. In addition to providing meaningful and innovative contributions for graduate students and researchers who wish to further explore learners' writing development in L2 Chinese, each chapter offers practical, detailed and insightful pedagogical recommendations to assist language teachers and educators, graduate students and research scholars in making well-informed decisions on writing instruction in L2 Chinese and to facilitate the implementation of writing-focused activities within classrooms.

Table of contents

• Cover-Page
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Contextualizing the Importance of Writing: A Call for Action in L2 Chinese Classrooms
• 1. Writing Processes and Products of Chinese as Heritage and Foreign Language Learners
• 2. Collaborative Writing in a Tertiary Chinese as a Foreign Language Classroom: Processes and Products
• 3. Learners’ Writing Strategies in L2 Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study
• 4. Investigating Nominal Structures in L2 Chinese Writing: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective
• 5. Exploring L2 Chinese Learners’ Connective Usage in Writing: An Error Analysis Approach
• 6. Facebook as a Mediator for L2 Chinese Writing: Practices and Perceptions
• 7. The Efficacy of Teachers’ Written Corrective Feedback in the L2 Chinese Classroom: Learner Perceptions and Preferences
• 8. L2 Writing under Pandemic Conditions: How Do Chinese and Spanish Instructors Adapt?
• Concluding Remarks
• Index