L2 writing development : multiple perspectives / edited by Rosa M. Manchón.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Multiple perspectives in the study of L2 writing development : an introduction / Rosa M. Manchón -- Foreign language writing development from a dynamic usage based perspective / Marjolijn Verspoor and Hana Smiskova -- Writing across languages in a bilingual context : a dynamic systems theory approach / Gessica De Angelis and Ulrike Jessner -- Feedback and writing development through collaboration : a socio-cultural approach / Gillian Wigglesworth and Neomy Storch -- Understanding L2 writing development from a multicompetence perspective : dynamic repertoires of knowledge and text construction / Hiroe Kobayashi and Carol Rinnert -- Goal theory and second-language writing development, two ways / Alister Cumming -- A rhetorical genre theory perspective on L2 writing development / Christine M. Tardy -- Conceptualizing FL writing development in collegiate settings : a genre-based systemic functional linguistic approach / Heidi Byrnes -- Investigating L2 writing development from multiple perspectives : issues in theory and research / John M. Norris and Rosa M. Manchón.

The aim of this pioneering volume is to advance our understanding of written language learning in instructed second/foreign language acquisition (SLA). This is achieved through a collection of empirical studies in which the contribution of diverse theoretical perspectives to our understanding of L2 writing development is explored. The volume will be of great interest to academics in the disciplines of SLA and second/foreign language (L2) writing.