Moving beyond product, process, or genre: A Design orientation to second language writing instruction

The presentation draws on insights from New Literacy Studies and second-language writing scholarship and offers writing as a multifaceted act of communication that should be developed through explicit instruction from the early stages of language acquisition. Building on the concept of meaning design as the foundational element of communication, I will outline five principles of a Design orientation to teaching L2 writing and will discuss curricular implications of implementing this framework.