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This book deals with a major crisis in education - the achievement of literacy skills.
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This book undertakes a general framework within which to consider the complex nature of the writing task in English, both as a first, and as a second language. The volume explores varieties of writing, different purposes for learning to write extended text, and cross-cultural variation among second-language writers. The volume overviews textlinguistic research, explores process approaches to writing, discusses writing for professional purposes, and contrastive rhetoric. It proposes a model for text construction as well as a framework for a more general theory of writing. Later chapters, organised around seventy-five themes for writing instruction are devoted to the teaching of writing at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Writing assessment and other means for responding to writing are also discussed. William Grabe and Robert Kaplan summarise various theoretical strands that have been recently explored by applied linguists and other writing researchers, and draw these strands together into a coherent overview of the nature of written text. Finally they suggest methods for the teaching of writing consistent with the nature, processes and social context of writing.
Write through the Grades is a practical, clearly organized, and insightful look at teaching writing in secondary schools (as well as middle schools). The book is targeted at teachers and others who are committed to making the writing experience meaningful and successful for teens. In this book, Robin Bright offers a fresh perspective based on four years of case studies of eight successful teen writers emphasizes the importance of process, fluency, and choice over traditional product-oriented approaches offers an inside look at what teens value about writing, and the kinds of support they find helpful in developing the craft of writing provides examples of a writers workshop, which gives teachers an authentic and useful model for working with young writers includes step-by-step instructions that give teachers a solid base from which to begin writing instruction
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