Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805850451 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 01/24/2005 Pages: 270 Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d) In this original volume, eighteen researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the field—the messy space of situated practices of inquiry—it helps to demystify the research process, which can appear in published studies and in introductory methodology guides to be neater and more orderly than it actually is.Taking a broad conception of research as inquiry that emphasizes the situated and constructed nature of knowledge in the field, Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction encourages multiple forms of inquiry, including philosophical, narrative, and historical modes. Empirical inquiry as