{"product_id":"writing-myths-joy-reid-9780472032570","title":"Writing Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume was conceived as a \"best practices\" resource for writing teachers in the way that \u003ci\u003eVocabulary Myths\u003c\/i\u003e by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. It was written to help ensure that writing teachers are not perpetuating the myths of teaching writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach author is a practicing teacher who selected his or her \"myth\" based on classroom experience and expertise. Both the research and pedagogy in this book are based on the newest research in, for example, teacher preparation, EAP and ESP, and corpus linguistics. The myths discussed in this book are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Teaching vocabulary is not the writing teacher's job. (Keith S. Folse)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Teaching citation is someone else's job. (Cynthia M. Schuemann)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Where grammar is concerned, one size fits all. (Pat Byrd and John Bunting)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Academic writing should be assertive and certain. (Ken Hyland)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Students must learn to correct all their writing errors. (Dana Ferris)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Corpus-based research is too complicated to be useful for writing teachers. (Susan Conrad)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Academic writing courses should focus on paragraph and essay development. (Sharon Cavausgil)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  International and U.S. resident ESL writers cannot be taught in the same class. (Paul Kei Matsuda) \u003c\/p\u003eThe book concludes with a discussion of students' myths about academic writing and teaching written by Joy Reid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joy Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472032577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472032570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press ELT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.41w x 0.54d","brand":"Joy Reid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567297491199,"sku":"9780472032570","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35eff18a-9fcb-44bc-8272-b54fb7f243d0.jpg?v=1701377008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-myths-joy-reid-9780472032570","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}