Chapter 6
Child L2 writers
A room of their own
Article outline
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2Findings and lines for further research
- Main findings regarding CW
- Lines for further research in CW
- Main findings regarding WCF
- Lines for further research in WCF
- Main findings regarding TR
- Lines for further research in TR
- Main findings regarding task motivation
- Lines for further research in task motivation
- 6.3Child L2 writers
- 6.4Roadmap for future research
- 6.4.1Ingredients for future studies
- 1.Larger pools of participants
- 2.Control groups
- 3.Detailed descriptions
- 4.Analyses of several aspects of writing
- 5.Multiple measures
- 6.Knowledge from different disciplines
- 7.A statistical significance bias-free approach
- 6.4.2General needs in research on L2 writing tasks with children
- 1.More studies
- 2.More age groups
- 3.More contexts and languages
- 4.More longitudinal studies
- 5.More tasks
- 6.4.3How do we do this?
- 1.Publish less to mean more
- 2.Get teachers involved