Writing and Language Learning

In this final chapter I articulate how the book contributes to advancing previous intersectional work between the fields of L2 writing and ISLA/SLA. To this end, I discuss the volume’s expansion of theoretical and empirical knowledge on writing as a site for language development in terms of (a) new empirical insights provided on the learning affordances of L2 writing and the variables mediating observed effects, and (b) future research directions suggested, primarily in terms of domains to be re