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1. L2 Writing in Secondary Classrooms

   Student Experiences, Academic Issues, and Teacher Education

   Edited by Luciana C. de Oliveira, Tony Silva

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
2. Culture, Class, Distinction

   By Tony Bennett, Mike Savage, Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva, Alan Warde, Modesto Gayo-Cal, David Wright

   Series: CRESC

   Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu’s...

   Published August 16th 2009 by Routledge
3. A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English

   By Ilona Leki, Alister Cumming, Tony Silva

   'I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and salient feature of this volume is its range: It will serve as a key reference tool for researchers working in L2 composition and in allied...

   Published June 23rd 2008 by Routledge
4. Second Language Writing Research

   Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction

   Edited by Paul Kei Matsuda, Tony Silva

   In this original volume, eighteen researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the...

   Published January 23rd 2005 by Routledge
5. Contemporary Culture and Everyday Life

   Edited by Elizabeth Silva, Tony Bennett

   At the beginning of the twenty-first century the everyday lives of people in the industrialized western world are being changed by shifts in traditional assumptions about gender roles, power dynamics, sexualities, styles of work, personal relationships and life trajectories. The circumstances of...

   Published February 29th 2004 by Routledge-Cavendish
6. Landmark Essays on ESL Writing

   Volume 17

   Edited by Tony Silva, Paul Kei Matsuda

   Series: Landmark Essays Series

   In recent years, the number of nonnative speakers of English in colleges and universities in North America has increased dramatically. As a result, more and more writing teachers have found themselves working with these English as a Second Language (ESL) students in writing classes that are...

   Published December 31st 2000 by Routledge
7. On Second Language Writing

   Edited by Tony Silva, Paul Kei Matsuda

   On Second Language Writing brings together internationally recognized scholars in a collection of original articles that, collectively, delineate and explore central issues with regard to theory, research, instruction, assessment, politics, articulation with other disciplines, and standards. In...

   Published November 30th 2000 by Routledge
8. On Second Language Writing

   Edited by Tony Silva, Paul Kei Matsuda

   On Second Language Writing brings together internationally recognized scholars in a collection of original articles that, collectively, delineate and explore central issues with regard to theory, research, instruction, assessment, politics, articulation with other disciplines, and standards. In...

   Published November 30th 2000 by Routledge