Alan Hirvela

2.3k total citations
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alan Hirvela is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Hirvela has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 22 papers in Language and Linguistics and 14 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Alan Hirvela's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (20 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (17 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (10 papers). Alan Hirvela is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (20 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (17 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (10 papers). Alan Hirvela collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and South Korea. Alan Hirvela's co-authors include Diane Belcher, Hyunsook Yoon, George E. Newell, David Bloome, Peter Avery, Susan Ehrlich, John Sinclair, Ming Fang, Herbert D. Pierson and Alexander K. Nussbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and System.

In The Last Decade

Alan Hirvela

45 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Alan Hirvela
Joan G. Carson United States
Philip Shaw Sweden
Barbara Kroll United States
Lia Plakans United States
Desmond Allison Singapore
Sheena Gardner United Kingdom
Charles W. Stansfield United States
Dianne Wall United Kingdom
Maggie Charles United Kingdom
Robert Kantor United States
Joan G. Carson United States
Alan Hirvela
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hirvela, Alan & Diane Belcher. (2024). Expertise in Second Language Writing Instruction. 3 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan & Diane Belcher. (2021). Argumentative Writing in a Second Language. 6 indexed citations
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Bloome, David, George E. Newell, Alan Hirvela, et al.. (2019). Dialogic Literary Argumentation in High School Language Arts Classrooms. 3 indexed citations
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Bloome, David, et al.. (2019). Dialogic Literary Argumentation in High School Language Arts Classrooms: A Social Perspective for Teaching, Learning, and Reading Literature. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan, et al.. (2015). Undergraduate ESL students' engagement in academic reading and writing in learning to write a synthesis paper. Reading in a Foreign Language. 27(2). 219–241. 19 indexed citations
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Belcher, Diane & Alan Hirvela. (2011). In This Issue. TESOL Quarterly. 45(2). 203–206.
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Belcher, Diane & Alan Hirvela. (2010). In This Issue. TESOL Quarterly. 44(1). 1–3.
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Belcher, Diane & Alan Hirvela. (2005). Writing the qualitative dissertation: what motivates and sustains commitment to a fuzzy genre?. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 4(3). 187–205. 41 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan, et al.. (2005). Two case studies of L2 writers’ experiences across learning-directed portfolio contexts. Assessing Writing. 10(3). 192–213. 43 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (2005). Computer-based reading and writing across the curriculum: Two case studies of L2 writers. Computers & composition. 22(3). 337–356. 16 indexed citations
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Yoon, Hyunsook & Alan Hirvela. (2004). ESL student attitudes toward corpus use in L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing. 13(4). 257–283. 226 indexed citations
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Belcher, Diane & Alan Hirvela. (2000). Literature and L2 Composition: Revisiting the Debate. Journal of Second Language Writing. 9(1). 21–39. 35 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (1999). Collaborative Writing Instruction and Communities of Readers and Writers. TESOL Journal. 8(2). 7–12. 61 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (1996). Reader-response theory and ELT. ELT Journal. 50(2). 127–134. 52 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (1991). Footing the English Bill in Hong Kong: Language Politics and Linguistic Schizophrenia.. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 2(1). 3 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (1989). Five Bad Reasons Why Language Teachers Avoid Literature.. 27(3). 3 indexed citations
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Hirvela, Alan. (1989). Educational technology and academic freedom. Educational Technology archive. 29(2). 42–45.
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Hirvela, Alan. (1989). The case against CAI: A reply to John Higgins. System. 17(1). 61–65. 5 indexed citations

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