This chapter reviews research on L1ers' individual differences in the proficiency of
understanding and speaking their L1, as a function of age and/or level of education. In …

Theories serve a heuristic purpose for educators, researchers, and policy makers interested
in writing in second languages. That is, theories define a principled, focal set of concepts …

This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of
writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching …

This chapter examines the way vocabulary knowledge relates to the ability to perform
communicatively in a foreign language and in particular the ability to perform in the four …

Lexical sophistication is an important component of writing proficiency. New lexical indices
related to range, n-gram frequency, psycholinguistic word information, academic language …

Description: New York: Taylor and Francis, 2020.| Series: Routledge handbooks in applied
linguistics| Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019031974 …

Increased attention to genre in writing studies has brought a proliferation of new terms and
concepts for capturing the complexity of writers' knowledge about genres, including genre …

This study investigates how genre knowledge and metacognition can be scaffolded in a
genre-based course for doctoral students engaged in writing research articles. We argue …

Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research speaks to
the rapidly growing area of second language writing by providing a uniquely balanced …

The goal of this study was to explain individual differences in both native and non‐native
listening comprehension; 121 native and 113 non‐native speakers of Dutch were tested on …