Alister Cumming

List of John Benjamins publications in which Alister Cumming is involved.

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Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors

Edited by Alister Cumming

This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in academic programs at two Canadian universities. The researchers… read more

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 15] 2006. xii, 204 pp.

Bilingual Performance in Reading and Writing

Edited by Alister Cumming

In the past decade, literacy in second language has emerged as one of the most significant and intriguing topics of inquiry into language processes, human knowledge, cultural practices, and educational policy. Whereas earlier inquiry, theories and policies had often considered literacy and… read more

[Best of Language Learning, 1] 1994. vi, 378 pp.

Cumming, Alister 2023 Foreword Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes, Manchón, Rosa M. and Julio Roca de Larios (eds.), pp. 1–3 | Foreword

Cumming, Alister 2020 Chapter 2. L2 writing and L2 learning: Transfer, self-regulation, and identities: Transfer, self-regulation, and identities Writing and Language Learning: Advancing research agendas, Manchón, Rosa M. (ed.), pp. 29–48 | Chapter

Can aspects of a second language (L2) be learned through writing the language? Research addressing this question has focused on (a) the transfer of knowledge and skills; (b) attention, self-regulation, knowledge consolidation, or collaboration while composing; or (c) development of identities… read more

Cumming, Alister 2011 Preface Learning-to-Write and Writing-to-Learn in an Additional Language, Manchón, Rosa M. (ed.), pp. ix–xii | Preface

Cumming, Alister 2006 1. Introduction, purpose, and conceptual foundations Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 1–17 | Chapter

Cumming, Alister 2006 2. Context and design of the research Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 21–28 | Chapter

Cumming, Alister 2006 10. Implications for pedagogy, policy, and research Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 159–173 | Chapter

Cummings, Jill, Usman Erdosy and Alister Cumming 2006 4. A Study of contrasts: ESL and university instructors’ goals for writing improvement Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 50–69 | Chapter

Kim, Tae-Young, Kyoko Baba and Alister Cumming 2006 8. Goals, motivations, and identities of three students writing in English Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 125–141 | Chapter

Zhou, Ally, Michael Busch, Guillaume Gentil, Keanre Eouanzoui and Alister Cumming 2006 3. Students’ Goals for ESL and University Courses Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 29–49 | Chapter

Cumming, Alister 1997 5. English Langauge-in-Education policies in Canada Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges, Eggington, William and Helen Wren (eds.), pp. 91–106 | Article

Cumming, Alister 1994 Writing Expertise and Second-Language Proficiency Bilingual Performance in Reading and Writing, Cumming, Alister (ed.), pp. 173–221 | Article