{"product_id":"developing-writing-competence-in-l2-chinese-classrooms-research-and-application-9781800413030","title":"Developing Writing Competence in L2 Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of pedagogically-relevant research reports will provide a much-needed resource for L2 Chinese writing specialists. Its chapters focus on important writing-related topics, including collaborative writing, writing for social media, strategy use, the writing of heritage-language learners, writing fluency, syntactic quality, and lexical accuracy. The volume is groundbreaking. * Melinda Reichelt, University of Toledo, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis impressive book contains eight empirical studies on the process and product of L2 Chinese writing competence development at different proficiency levels, in different pedagogical contexts, and with different learning backgrounds.  The data-driven pedagogical recommendations from each study offer valuable insights for both L2 researchers and practitioners. * Chuanren Ke, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLi Yang and Laura Valentín-Rivera: Contextualizing the Importance of Writing: A Call for Action in L2 Chinese Classrooms\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Shuyi Yang: Writing Processes and Products of Chinese as Heritage and Foreign Language Learners\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Brian Olovson and Sha Huang: Collaborative Writing in a Tertiary Chinese as a Foreign Language Classroom: Processes and Products\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Li Yang and Zenan Zhao: Learners’ Writing Strategies in L2 Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Xiaofei Pan: Investigating Nominal Structures in L2 Chinese Writing: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Jia Lin and Gengsong Gao: Exploring L2 Chinese Learners’ Connective Usage in Writing: An Error Analysis Approach\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Lijuan Ye: Facebook as a Mediator for L2 Chinese Writing: Practices and Perceptions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Laura Valentín-Rivera: The Efficacy of Teachers’ Written Corrective Feedback in the L2 Chinese Classroom: Learner Perceptions and Preferences\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Daniel Román-Zúñiga, Idoia Elola and Raychel Vasseur: L2 Writing under Pandemic Conditions: How Do Chinese and Spanish Instructors Adapt?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLi Yang and Laura Valentín-Rivera: Concluding Remarks\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Multilingual Matters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042714124631,"sku":"9781800413030","price":80.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800413030.jpg?v=1750955311","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/developing-writing-competence-in-l2-chinese-classrooms-research-and-application-9781800413030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}