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A Select Bibliography
on Writing in a Second Language
L-Z

Complied by
Dr. Robert S. Carlisle



This bibliography does not contain any of the arcticeles published in the Journal of Second Language Writing, which has been in existence since 1992.


Lackstrom, T., Selinker, L., & Trimble, L. (1973). Technical rhetorical principles and grammatical choice.
TESOL Quarterly, 7, 127-136.
Land, R., & Whitley, C. (1989). Evaluating second language essays in regular composition
classes: toward a pluralistic U. S. rethoric. In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 284-293). New York: Longman.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1978a). An ESL index of development. TESOL Quarterly, 12,
439-448 .
Larsen-Freeman, D. (1978b). Evidence for the need for a second language acquisition index
of development. In W. C. Ritchie (Ed.), Second language acquisition research: Issues and implications (pp. 127-136). New York: Academic Press.
Larsen-Freeman, D., & Strom, V. (1977). The construction of a second language acquisition index
of development. Language Learning, 27, 123-134.
Lautamatti, L. (1987). Observations on the development of the topic of simplified discourse.
In U. Connor & R. B. Kaplan (Eds.), Writing across languages: Analysis of L2 text (pp. 87-114). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Lay, N. D. S. (1982). compositing processes of adult ESL learners: a case study.
TESOL Quarterly, 16, 406.
Leap, W. (1983). Linguistics and written discourse in particular languages:
Contrastive studies: English and American Indian languages. In R. B. Kaplan (Ed.), ARAL: 1982 (pp. 24-37). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Leki, I. (1990). Coaching from the margins: issues in written response.
In B. Kroll (Ed.), Second language writing: Research insights for the classroom (pp. 57-68). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lewis, S. A. (1981). Practical aspects of teaching composition to bidialectal students:
The Nairobi method. In M. F. Whiteman (Ed.), Writing: The nature, development, and teaching of written communication: Vol. 1. Variation in writing: functional and linguistic-cultural differences (pp. 189-196). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Lim, H.-P. (1983). The development of syntax in the writing of university ESL students.
TESOL Quarterly, 17, 313-314.
LoCoco, (1975). An analysis of Spanish and German learners' errors.
Working Papers on Bilingualism. 7, 96-124.
Mangelsdorf, K. (1989). Parallels between speaking and writing in second language acquisition.
In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 134-145). New York: Longman.
McDaniel, B. A. (1980). Contrastive rhetoric: Diagnosing problems in coherence.
The English Quarterly, 13, 65-75.
McKay, S. (1979). Communicative writing. TESOL Quarterly, 13, 73-80.
McKay, S. (1989). Topic development and written discourse accent. In D. Johnson
& D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 253-262). New York: Longman.
Mittan, R. (1989). The peer review process: Harnessing student's communicative power.
In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 207-219). New York: Longman.
Modiano, N. (1973). Indian education in the Chiapas Highlands.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Mohan, B. (1986). Response to Ricento: On hypotheses in cross cultural rhetoric research.
TESOL Quarterly, 20, 569-573.
Mohan, B. (1986). Response to Gregg. . . On evidence for cross cultural rhetoric.
TESOL Quarterly, 20, 358-361.
Mohan, B., & Au-Yeung Lo, W. (1985). Academic writing and Chinese students:
Transfer and developmental factors. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 515-534 .
Moll, L. (1989). Teaching second language students: A Vygotskian perspective.
In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 55-69). New York: Longman.
Moore, F. B., & Marzano, R. J. (1979). Common errors of Spanish speakers learning English.
Research in the Teaching of English, 13, 161-167 .
Mullen, K. A. (1980). Evaluating writing proficiency in ESL. In J. Oller,
& K. Perkins (Eds.), Research in language testing (pp. 160-169). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Noguchi, R. B. (1987). Transformational-generative syntax and the teaching of sentence mechanics.
Journal of Basic Writing, 6(2) , 26-36 .
Odell, L. (1983). Redefining maturity in writing. In A. Freedman, I. Pringle, & J. Yalden (Eds.),
Learning to write: First language/second language (pp. 98-113). New York: Longman.
Odlin, T. (1986). Another look at passage correction tests. TESOL Quarterly, 20, 123-130.
Ostler, S. (1980). A survey of academic needs for advanced ESL. TESOL Quarterly, 14, 489-502.
Ostler, S. (1981). The use of tenses in reporting past literature. In L. Selinker., E. Tarone,
& V. Hanzeli (Eds.), English for academic and technical purposes (pp. 76-90). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Ostler, S. (1987). English in parallels: A comparison of English and Arabic prose. In U. Connor
& R. B. Kaplan (Eds.), Writing across languages: Analysis of L2 text (pp. 169-185). Reading MA: Addison Wesley.
Pandharipande, R. (1983). Linguistics and written discourse in particular languages:
Contrastive studies: English and Marathi. In R. B. Kaplan (Ed.), ARAL: 1982 (pp. 118-136). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Paulston, C. B. (1972). Teaching writing in the ESOL classrooms: Techniques of
controlled composition. TESOL Quarterly, 6, 33-60.
Pearson, C. (1981). Advanced academic skills in the low-level ESL class.
TESOL Quarterly, 15, 413-423.
Perkins, K. (1980). Using objective methods of attained writing proficiency to discriminate among
holistic evaluations. TESOL Quarterly, 14, 61-69.
Perkins, K. (1983). On the use of composition scoring techniques, objective measures,
and objective tests to evaluate ESL writing ability. TESOL Quarterly, 17, 651-671.
Peyton, J., & Mackinson-Smyth, J. (1989). Writing and talking about writing:
Computer networking with elementary students. In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 100-119). New York: Longman.
Philips. S. U. (1975). Literacy as a mode of communication on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
In E. H. Lenneberg, & E. Lenneberg (Eds.), Foundations of language development: A multidisciplinary approach. Vol. 2. (pp. 367-382). New York: Academic Press.
Politzer, R. L., & Ramirez, A. G. (1973). An error analysis of the spoken English
of Mexican American pupils in a bilingual school and a monolingual school. Language Learning, 23, 39-62.
Potter, L. (1981). American Indian children and writing: An introduction to some issues.
In B. Cronnell (Ed.), The writing needs of linguistically different students (pp. 129-160). Los Alamitos, CA: SWRL Educational Research and Development.
Purves, A., & Takal, S. (Eds.). (1982). An international perspective on the evaluation
of written composition. New York: Pergamon Press.
Raimes, A. (1979). Language in education: Theory and practice: 14.
Problems and teaching strategies in ESL composition. Arlington, VA: Center for Applied Linguistics.
Raimes, A. (1985). What unskilled ESL students do as they write: A classroom study
of composing. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 229-258.
Raimes, A. (1987). Language proficiency, writing ability and composing strategies:
A study of ESL college student writers. Language Learning, 37, 439-468.
Raimes, A. (1991). Out of the woods: Emerging traditions in the teacing of writing.
TESOL Quarterly, 25, 375-406.
Raimes, A. (1993). The author responds...TESOL Quarterly, 27, 306-310.
Reid, J. (1985). The radical outliner and the radical brainstormer: A perspective
on the composing process. TESOL Quarterly, 18, 529-534.
Reid, J. (1989). English as a second language composition in higher education:
The expectations of the academic audience. In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 220-234). New York: Longman.
Reid, J. (1990). Responding to different topic types: a quantitative analysis from a
contrastive rhetoric perspective. In B. Kroll (Ed.), Second language writing: Research insights for the classroom (pp. 191-210). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ricento, T. (1986). Comments on Bernard A. Mohan and Winnie Au Yeung Lo's
"Academic Writing and Chinese Students: Transfer and developmental factors." A reader reacts.... TESOL Quarterly, 20, 565-568 .
Robb, T., Ross, S., & Shortreed, I. (1986). Salience of feedback on error and its effect
on EFL writing quality. TESOL Quarterly, 20, 83-95.
Rodrigues, R. (1974). A comparison of the written and oral English syntax
of Mexican American bilingual and Anglo American monolingual fourth and ninth grade students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New Mexico.
Roen, D. (1989). Developing effective assignments for second language writers.
In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 193-206). New York: Longman.
Rosier, P., & Farella, M. (1976). Bilingual education at Rock Point: Some early results.
TESOL Quarterly, 10, 379-388.
Rosier, P., & Holm, W. (1980). Bilingual education series: 8. The Rock Point experience:
A longitudinal study of a Navajo school program. Washington,D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics.
Samway, K. (1987). Children's composing in English as a nonnative language.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Rochester.
Samway, K. (1993). "This isn't hard is it?" Children evaluating writing. TESOL Quarterly, 27, 233-258.
Sanborn, J. (1987). Obstacles and opportunities: Sentence combining in advanced ESL.
Journal of Basic Writing, 6(2) , 60-71.
Santana-Seda, 0., Sr. (1974). A contrastive study in rhetoric: An analysis
of the organization of English and Spanish paragraphs written by native speakers of each language. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York University.
Santiago, R. (1968). A contrastive analysis of some rhetorical aspects of writing
in Spanish and English of Spanish-speaking college students in Puerto Rico. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University.
Saville-Troike, M. (1984). What really matters in second language learning for
academic achievement? TESOL Quarterly, 18, 199-219.
Sayers, D. (1989). Bilingual sister classes in computer writing networks. In D. Johnson
& D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 120-133). New York: Longman.
Scarcella, R. C. (1984). How writers orient their readers in expository essays: A comparative
study of native and non-native English writers. TESOL Quarterly, 18, 671-688.
Schlumberger, A., & Clymer, D. (1989). Teacher training through teacher collaboration.
In D. Johnson & D. Roen (Eds.), Richness in writing (pp. 146-159). New York: Longman.
Schneider, M., & Connor, U. (1990). Analyzing topical structure in ESL essays:
Not all topics are equal. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 12, 411-427.
Scott, M., & Tucker, G. (1974). Error analysis and English language strategies of Arab students.
Language Learning, 24, 69-98.
Scribner, S., & Cole, M. (1981). Unpackaging literacy. In M. F. Whiteman, (Ed.), Writing:
The nature, development, and teaching of written communication: Vol. 1. Variation in writing: Functional and linguistic-cultural differences (pp. 71-87). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Scribner, S., & Cole, M. (1981). The psychology of literacy. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press.
Shaughnessy, M. P. (1977). Errors and expectations: A guide for the teacher of basic writing. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Shih, M. (1986). Content-based approaches to teaching academic writing.
TESOL Quarterly, 20, 617-648.
Shy, R. W. (1981). Toward a developmental theory of writing. In C. H. Frederiksen,
& J. F. Dominic (Eds.), Writing: The nature, development, and teaching of written communication: Vol. 2. Writing: Process, development, and communication (pp. 119-132). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Silva, T. (1990). Second language composition instruction: developments, issues, and directions in ESL.
In B. Kroll (Ed.), Second language writing: Research insights for the classroom (pp. 11-23). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Silva, T. (1993). Toward an understanding of the distinctive nature of L2 writing:
The ESL research and its implications. TESOL Quarterly, 27, 657-677.
Sokmen, A. (1988). Taking advantage of conference centered writing.
TESOL Newsletter, 22(1) , 1 & 5.
Spack, R. (1984). Invention strategies and the ESL college composition student.
TESOL Quarterly, 18, 649-670.
Spack, R. & Sadow, C. (1983). Student-teacher working journals in ESL freshman composition.
TESOL Quarterly, 17, 575-593.
Steffensen, M. S., Joag-Dev, C., & Anderson, R. C. (1979). A cross cultural perspective on reading comprehension.
Reading Research Quarterly, 15, 10-29.
Swain, M. (1976). Writing skills of grade 3 immersion pupils. In M. Swain, & H. Barik (Eds.),
Five years of primary French immersion (pp. 103-130). Toronto: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
Swales, J. (1983). Developing materials for writing scholarly introductions. In R. Jordan (Ed.),
Case studies in ELT (pp. 188-200). London: Collins.
Swales, J. (1985). English language papers and authors' first language: Preliminary exploration.
Scientometrics, 8, 91-101.
Swales, J. (1987). Utilizing the literatures in teaching the research paper.
TESOL Quarterly, 21, 41-68.
Szwed, J. F. (1981). The ethnography of literacy. In M. F. Whiteman (Ed.), Writing:
The nature, development, and teaching of written communication: Vol. 1. Variation in writing: Functional and linguistic-cultural differences (pp. 13-23). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Tannen, D. (1980). Implications of the oral/literate continuum for cross-cultural communication.
In J.E. Alatis (Ed.), Georgetown university round table on languages and linguistics 1980: Current issues in bilingual education (pp. 326-347). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Tarone, E., Dwyer, S., & Icke, V. (1981). On the use of the passive in two astrophysics
journal papers. ESP Journal, 1, 123-140.
Taylor, B. (1976). Teaching composition to low-level ESL students.
TESOL Quarterly, 10, 309-320.
Taylor, B. (1981). Content and written form: A two-way street. TESOL Quarterly, 16, 5-13.
Thomas-Ruzic, M., & Thompson-Panos, K. (1984). The authors respond.... TESOL Quarterly, 18, 545-547.
Thompson-Panos, K., & Thomas-Ruzic, M. (1983). The least you should know about Arabic:
Implications for the ESL writing instructor. TESOL Quarterly, 17, 609-623.
Tomiyana, M. (1980). Grammatical errors and communicative breakdown.
TESOL Quarterly, 14, 71-79.
Tricomi, E. T. (1986). Krashen's second-language acquisition theory and the teaching
of Edited American English. Journal of Basic Writing, 5(2) , 59-69.
Troike, R. C. (1978). Research evidence for the effectiveness of bilingual education.
NABE Journal, 3, 13-24.
Tsao, F.-F. (1983). Linguistics and written discourse in particular languages: Contrastive studies:
English and Chinese (Mandarin). In R. B. Kaplan (Ed.), ARAL: 1982 (pp. 99-117). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Urzua, C. (1987). "You stopped too soon": Second language children composing and revising.
TESOL Quarterly, 21, 279-304.
Valdes, G. (1992). Bilingual minorities and language issues in writing.
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Valdez, C. M. (1981): Identity, power and writing skills: The case of the Hispanic bilingual
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Vann, R. J. (1979). Oral and written syntactic relationships in second language learning.
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Watson, C. (1982). The use and abuse of models in the ESL writing class.
TESOL Quarterly, 16, 5-14.
Weissberg, R. (1984). Given and new: Paragraph development models from scientific English.
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West, G. (1980). That-nominal construction in traditional rhetorical divisions of scientific
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White, L. (1977). Error analysis and error correction in adult learners of English as a second
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Zamel, V. (1982). Writing: The process of discovering meaning. TESOL Quarterly, 16, 195-209.
Zamel, V. (1983). The composing processes of advanced ESL students: Six case histories.
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