Mapping the Gaps in Services for L2 Writers

Autor/in	Patton, Martha Davis
Titel	Mapping the Gaps in Services for L2 Writers
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 8 (2011) 4 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Foreign Students; Models; Interviews; Undergraduate Students; Writing Research; Writing Instruction; Research Universities; Native Language; Second Language Instruction; Faculty Development; Tutoring; Writing (Composition); Needs Assessment; Surveys; Discourse Analysis; Multiple Literacies; English (Second Language); Student Needs; Program Descriptions; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Analogiemodell; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schreibforschung; Schreibunterricht; Forschungseinrichtung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Schreibübung; Bedarfsermittlung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Diskursanalyse; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Given complaints about preparation of international students for their writing-intensive courses, a director of first-year writing and an undergraduate researcher at a Midwestern research university conducted a needs assessment based on Kaufman's model. Instruments used included a survey, interviews, and analysis of commentary on sample papers. Findings suggest that there is a growing undergraduate second-language (L2) population, both locally and nationally, yet there continues to be a gap between L1 writing research and L2 writing research; there is also a gap between and among several university writing units. Recommendations include appeals to administrators for more teaching, tutoring, and faculty development resources. To refine the assessment in the future, an alternative needs assessment model, the Logic Model, is described. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	WAC Clearinghouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Tel: 970-491-3132; Web site: http://wac.colostate.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01