1st Edition

Language Acquisition and Academic Writing Theory and Practice of Effective Writing Instruction

By James D. Williams Copyright 2023
194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An important contribution to the scholarship on student writing and composition theory, this book presents a new approach to writing instruction based on linguistic research and theory. In this book, leading scholar James D. Williams explores the historical failures of composition studies and the need for effective writing instruction to be grounded in the immersive principles of language... Read more

Preface

Chapter One: Theory and Practice in Composition Studies

Chapter Two: Language Acquisition and Academic Writing

Chapter Three: Analysis of Academic Writing

Chapter Four: Academic Writing for Success: Implementing a Language Acquisition Model

Biography

James D. Williams is Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics at Soka University, USA.