Abstract
In this introduction to the special issue, I attempt to lay out a coherent if still-heuristic notion of "post-process." I do so by first investigating four components of Trimbur's (1994) definition of "post-process": the social; the post-cognitivist; literacy as an ideological arena; and composition as a cultural activity. Next, I review studies in first and especially second language writing/literacy research which have attempted to move beyond process pedagogy and theory, and which for me, at least, provide a sound conceptual basis for further developments in that direction. I then conclude by stating my own summative definition of post-process, and briefly introducing the main contributions to this special issue.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-15 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Second Language Writing |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Critical applied linguistics
- Post-modernism
- Post-process
- Process writing
- Second language writing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Education
- Linguistics and Language