Expertise in Second Language Writing Instruction: Conceptual and Empirical Understandings

Despite growing interest in L2 writing teachers, there is a dearth of published works that specifically delve into the nuances of development of L2 writing teacher expertise, informed by relevant foundational theory and empirical research, this book addresses this crucial gap in understanding of expertise in L2 writing instruction.

Alan Hirvela is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Ohio State University. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a former co-editor of TESOL Quarterly and both assistant editor and reviews editor of English for Specific Purposes and has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals. He has also guest co-edited three issues of the Journal of Second Language Writing (with Diane Belcher) and one issue of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (with Youngjoo Yi). His articles, books, and book chapters have focused primarily on L2 academic literacy teaching and learning, especially as related to argumentative writing instruction, reading-writing connections, L2 writing teacher expertise, and the use of literary texts in writing instruction..

Diane D. Belcher is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA, USA), is former co-editor of the journals English for Specific Purposes and TESOL Quarterly. She has guest-edited three special issues of the Journal of Second Language Writing and currently serves as co-editor of a teacher reference series, Michigan Series on Teaching Multilingual Writers. Her research interests mainly focus on advanced academic literacy, and her publications include edited volumes, book chapters, and articles in such journals as the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics Review, and Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Her most recently published book is Argumentative Writing in a Second Language, co-edited with Alan Hirvela. Other recent projects are several studies on digital multimodal composing co-authored with Youjin Kim.