Provides an accessible, comprehensive and practical introduction to current theory and research in second language writing and their classroom applications.

Ken Hyland is Professor of Applied Linguistics in Education at the University of East Anglia. His research focuses on writing and academic discourse, having published over 240 articles and 27 books on these topics. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes.

1. Writing and teaching writing; 2. Second language writers and teaching contexts; 3. Course design and lesson planning; 4. Texts and materials in the writing class; 5. Tasks in the writing class; 6. New technologies in writing instruction; 7. Responding to student writing; 8. Assessing student writing; 9. Researching writing and writers.