01767nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009600041210006900137300001300206490000700219520114200226653002201368653001301390653002801403653001301431100002401444856012901468       2006                        eng d00aResearching First and Second Language Genre Learning: A Comparative Review and a Look Ahead0 aResearching First and Second Language Genre Learning A Comparati  a79–1010 v153 a<p>With genre now viewed as a fundamental element of writing, both second language writing and mainstream composition studies have seen an increased focus on the question of how writers learn genres. The purpose of this paper is to review key findings from 60 empirical studies that have investigated this question. To this point, research has typically studied genre learning as it occurs either through professional or disciplinary practice or through classroom instruction; almost no studies have looked at the same writers as they traverse these multiple domains. I therefore categorize studies as taking place in either ‘‘practice-based’’ or ‘‘instructional’’ settings and identify trends in the research findings from each setting. After examining one study which takes place in multiple settings, I tease out some of the commonalities and distinctions between learning in practice-based and instructional contexts and between first language and second language genre learning. On the basis of this comparative review of research, I suggest future directions for the interdisciplinary study of genre learning.</p>
10agenre acquisition10alearning10asecond language writing10ateaching1 aTardy, Christine, M  uhttps://genreacrossborders.org/biblio/researching-first-and-second-language-genre-learning-comparative-review-and-look-ahead