In 1998, Wolfe-Quintero, Inagaki & Kim published a monograph describing measures used
in assessing writing development. Despite more recent research on linguistic development …

This study aims to ascertain the nature and extent of the development of English L2 writing
proficiency of 45 adult ESL learners over the time of an intensive short-term academic …

This study examines second language (L2) syntactic development in conjunction with the
effects such development has on human judgments of writing quality (ie, judgments of both …

This study examined narrative and argumentative essays written over the course of a 4‐
month semester by 37 students of English as a second language (ESL). The essays were …

An important topic in writing research has been the use of cohesive features. Much of this
research has focused on local and text cohesion. The few studies that have studied global …

In this commentary to the Special Issue, I first identify four themes that arise from the
contributions that each study makes to the study of syntactic complexity in L2 writing. I then …

This study investigates how the lexical and syntactic characteristics of L2 learners' academic
writing change over the course of a one-month long intensive English for Academic …

Based on the large body of research that shows phraseology to be pervasive in language,
this study aims to assess the role played by phraseological competence in the development …

This study examined the use of cohesive features in 270 narrative and argumentative
essays produced by 45 s language (L2) students over a semester-long writing course …

Understanding, Evaluating, and Conducting Second Language Writing Research speaks to
the rapidly growing area of second language writing by providing a uniquely balanced …