Translation has always been important in the history of written language and has played a
decisive role in the historical development of many languages and literatures. Still, it is …

Conceived as the successor to Gregg and Steinberg's Cognitive Processes in Writing, this
book takes a multidisciplinary approach to writing research. The authors describe their …

In this paper we present details of an approach to the study of writing processes based on
the analysis of temporal aspects of the writing event. This approach involves recording the …

Given that affective and cognitive processes interact in writing, it is important that
interventions for develo** writing ability focus both on strategies for develo** motivation …

Writing a text usually entails a lot of hard work. Indeed:"... generally, writing anything but the
most routine and brief pieces is the mental equivalent of digging ditches"(Kellogg, 1994, p …

This chapter focuses on a critical period in school children's literacy development, a period
where they shift from" learning to read" to" reading to learn". It revolves around school …

Writing is a complex ability, and measuring writing ability is a notoriously complex task. The
assessment of writing ability is complicated by the multi-faceted nature of this productive …

A structural analysis of an explanatory text written by a 12-year-old pupil is discussed to
demonstrate how the PISA technique (the Procedures for Incremental Structural Analysis; …

This two-phase project investigated metaphorical language use in second language
learners' essays from both perspectives of products and processes. The first phase relied on …

En este artículo se presenta un estudio instruccional sobre composición escrita en el que se
enfatizan los procesos de planificación de la escritura. Se compararon dos grupos de …