Content and Written Form
A Two-Way Street
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10817030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry P Taylor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3586368 |
| OpenAlex | W2040479499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 3 |
Teaching students to outline their essays before they actually write them is a common practice which presumes that writing is a uni-directional process of recording pre-sorted, pre-digested ideas. While it is certainly true that much of an essay can be planned in advance, one must also recognize that the very act of writing can itself serve to facilitate thought and shape ideas. Essay writing is thus viewed as a hi-directional movement between content and written form. In the ESL classroom this model translates into an approach which places composition revision in a central position. Students are taught how to write and rewrite, refine and recast rough ideas and sketchy drafts into a polished essay. This approach more closely reflects what we actually do when we write
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Content-Based Approaches to Teaching Academic Writing
You Stopped Too Soon
Oral Communication in Tesol
Teachers’ Written Feedback
Problems of English Composition in Jordanian Secondary Schools
Improving accuracy is not the only reason for writing, and even if it were
Writing
Teaching ESL
Student-Teacher Working Journals in ESL Freshman Composition
Invention Strategies and the ESL College Composition Student
What Professors Actually Require
Responding to ESL Students' Texts
The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students
What Unskilled ESL Students Do as They Write
Responding to Student Writing
Business Letter Writing
Using Models in Writing Instruction
Timed Writing and Adult English‐Language Learners
Using Computer Networks to Enhance Foreign Language/Culture Education
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,49 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2020 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |