Second Language Writing in Higher Education Contexts: Challenges and Future Promises

Abstract

This special issue focuses on second language writing in higher education, from community colleges to 
doctoral settings. It examines a wide range of issues often faced in higher educational settings, from 
classroom teaching and tutoring to graduate-level challenges. To some, this may seem as attempting to 
cover a lot of ground, and it probably is a bold attempt. However, second language writing does not 
always get the needed attention—sometimes because it gets folded under composition and first-year 
writing, and at other times because it is hard to peel away the many layers of teaching writing that 
inevitably include all four skills in language teaching