Ling Shi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ling Shi is involved.
Articles
2009 Functions and genres of ESL children’s English writing at home and at school Biliterate Asian Students' Literacy Practices in North America, Yi, Youngjoo and Alan Hirvela (eds.), pp. 30–55 | Article
Drawing on a sociocultural perspective of genre as a social action situated in a particular context, this study examined the functions and genres of four second-grade ESL (English as a Second Language) children’s English writing at home and at school. The two boys and two girls were born and raised… read more
2005 Instruction and reading samples for opinion writing in L1 junior high school textbooks in China and Japan Multiple Perspectives on L1 and L2 Academic Literacy in Asia Pacific and Diaspora Contexts, Li, Xiaoming and Christine Pearson Casanave (eds.), pp. 97–127 | Article
This study examines language arts textbooks commonly used in junior high schools (grades 7, 8, and 9) in Mainland China and Japan in order to identify (1) what kinds of writing instruction are provided; and (2) how reading materials illustrating opinion writing are structured rhetorically.… read more