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Changing Practices for the L2 Writing Classroom - Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay (Paperback)
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Changing Practices for the L2 Writing Classroom - Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay (Paperback)
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This volume was written to make the case for changes in second
language writing practices away from the five-paragraph essay and
toward purposeful, meaningful writing instruction. As the volume
editors say, "If you have already rejected the five-paragraph
essay, we offer validation and classroom-tested alternatives. If
you are new to teaching L2 writing, we introduce critical issues
you will need to consider as you plan your lessons and as you
consider/review the textbooks and handbooks that continue to
promote the teaching of the five-paragraph essay. If you need
ammunition to present to colleagues and administrators, we present
theory, research, and pedagogy that will benefit students from
elementary to graduate school. If you are skeptical about our
claims, we invite you to review the research presented here and
consider what your students could do beyond writing a
five-paragraph essay if you enacted these changes in practice."
Part 1 discusses what the five-paragraph essay is not: it is not a
very old, established form of writing; it is not a genre; and it is
not universal. Part 2 looks at writing practices to show the
essay's ineffectiveness in elementary schools, secondary schools,
first-year writing classes, university writing courses,
undergraduate discipline courses, and graduate school. Part 3 looks
beyond the classroom at testing. At the end of each chapter, the
authors--all well-known in the field of second language
writing--suggest changes to teaching practices based on their
theoretical approach and classroom experience. The book closes by
reviewing some of the major questions raised in the book, by
exploring which questions have been left unanswered, and by
offering suggestions for teachers who want to move away from the
five-paragraph essay. An assignment sequence for genre-aware
writing instruction is included.
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