This collection is a comprehensive resource on conducting research in applied linguistics involving written genres, distinctive in its coverage of a multiplicity of interdisciplinary perspectives.

Matt Kessler is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of South Florida, where he teaches in the MA Applied Linguistics and PhD Linguistics and Applied Language Studies programs. Matt's research focuses on issues pertaining to second language writing, genre-based teaching and learning, and computer-assisted language learning. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Learning, System, TESOL Quarterly, and more.

Charlene Polio is Professor in Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University, where she teaches in the MA TESOL and PhD Second Language Studies programs. Her research focuses on methods used in second language writing research, and she is the co-author of Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research (Routledge). She is also the co-editor of the journal TESOL Quarterly.

About the Editors

About the Contributing Authors

Chapter 1: Introduction

Matt Kessler, Charlene Polio

Section I: Research Methods

Chapter 2: Case Studies

Raffaella Negretti, Baraa Khuder

Chapter 3: Ethnographic Research

Christine M. Tardy

Section II: Analyses, Tools, and Topics

Chapter 4: Metadiscourse

Ken Hyland

Chapter 5: Rhetorical Move-Step Analysis

J. Elliott Casal, Matt Kessler

Chapter 6: Lexical Bundles and Phrase Frames

Viviana Cortes

Chapter 7: Multidimensional Analysis

Larissa Goulart, Shelley Staples

Chapter 8: Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency (CALF) Measures

Charlene Polio, Hyung-Jo Yoon

Chapter 9: Multimodal Analysis

Larissa D'Angelo, Francesca Marino

Section III: Focus on the Learner and Learning

Chapter 10: Multilingualism and Multicompetence

Bruna Sommer-Farias

Chapter 11: Systemic Functional Linguistics and the (Expanded) Teaching and Learning Cycle

Kathryn Accurso, Jennifer Walsh Marr

Index