Technologies in the Second Language Composition Classroom » (New Edition)

Grounded in applied linguistics research and composition theory and practice, Technologies in the Second Language Composition Classroom encourages teachers to explore the role technology can play in the acquisition of writing for second language students. This research-based volume supports the incorporation of technology into classrooms, providing students with motivation and tools to develop their writing skills. The book provides not only an intellectually engaging perspective on the on-going debates regarding technologically enhanced writing and writing pedagogy, but it also delves in to the technologies themselves, from blogs and blogging to computer-mediated discourse and concordancing.

Technology is a growing and rapidly evolving presence in academia, and Joel Bloch brings an informed approach to understanding its place and potential benefits in the classroom. Each chapter includes reflection questions that will help individual readers apply the theories and ideas to their own classrooms.

This book will interest ESL teachers in training, teacher educators, current ESL instructors, and researchers and scholars in the area of ESL writing and technology.

Series Foreword   Diane Belcher   Jun Liu     ix
Introduction     1
Issues in Using Technology in the L2 Composition Classroom     9
Theoretical Concerns in the Use of Technology     9
The Relationship between Theory and Practice     9
Technological Literacy and Print Literacy     10
Multiple Print and Digital Literacies     12
Technology as a Form of Literacy     14
Issues Affecting the Use and Implementation of Technologies     20
Interactivity in Technology Use     20
Technology and Composition Theory     23
Technology and Language Learning     26
Technology and Intercultural Rhetoric     30
Authorship and Technology     34
Training and the Implementation of Technology in the L2 Composition Classroom     41
The Potential of New Technologies     47
Word Processing     49
Writing and Computer Networks     55
Writing and the Internet     56
Writing Hypertexts     58
Visual "Literacy"     63
Computer-Mediated Discourse (CMD)     66
CMD as a Writing Space     66
Blogging in a Second Language     72
CorpusLinguistics and the Teaching of Grammar     80
The Systemic View of Technology     85
A Critical View of Technology     88
Integrating the Computer and the Internet     97
Integrating the Computer and the Internet     97
Understanding Student Computer Use     97
Digital Writing and a Sense of Place     100
Technology and the Writing Process     101
Using the Internet to Extend the Composition Classroom     103
Putting Class Materials Online     104
Integrating Outside Websites into the L2 Composition Classroom     106
Integrating Writing and Hypertext     110
Teaching about the Visual Nature of Hypertext     113
Teaching about the Composing Process Using Hypertext     116
Responding to the Audience     117
Creating Rhetorical Ethos     121
Evaluating Websites as Source Texts     124
Computer-Mediated Discourse in the L2 Composition Classroom     130
Choosing among Different Forms of CMD     130
Using Synchronous Discourse in the L2 Composition Classroom     134
Designing or Choosing a Space for the Writing Classroom     137
The Nature of Synchronous Discourse in the L2 Composition Classroom      138
Using Asynchronous Discourse in the L2 Composition Classroom     145
Using Email in the L2 Composition Classroom     146
Blogging in the Composition Classroom     154
Setting Up Blogs for a Composition Class     156
Remediating Problems with the Use of CMD in the Classroom     169
Corpus Linguistics in the L2 Classroom     178
Goals for Using Concordance Programs     178
Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar Using Concordance Programs     180
Implementing Concordance Programs in the Composition Classroom     188
The Nature of Concordance Program Interfaces     191
Remediating the Concordance Program     193
The Design of Corpora     194
Redesigning the User Interface     196
A Final Word     204
References     215
Subject Index     243
Author Index     251