On the Future of Second Language Writing: A Colloquium

Toward a Transnational University: WAC/WID Across Borders of Language, Nation, and Discipline

“…Matsuda's comprehensive review of what he calls the "disciplinary division of labor" (1999, p. 700) provides ample evidence that language questions even in the specific domain of second language writing were rarely present in various signature histories of the discipline to that point, histories that Silva, Ilona Leki, and Joan Carson (1997) call ethnocentric. I do not think this has radically changed since, though there have been many works attending to the history leading to the current landscape (just a quick sampling could include Jun, 2008;Leki et al, 2008;Matsuda 2003Matsuda , 2005Santos et al, 2000).…”

4. Research in Teaching Writing

“…The L2 writing area of interest that has seen, perhaps, the most dramatic growth is the history and development of the field. The new millennium brought a discussion of the future of L2 writing that specifically looked at the question of whether increased interest in and importance of L2 writing was matched by increased production of L2 writing specialists (Santos, Atkinson, Erickson, Matsuda, & Silva, 2000). The views expressed in this piece range from pessimistic (Atkinson) to optimistic (Silva) with mixed views from Santos, Erickson, and Matsuda.…”