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Concepts in composition : theory and practices in the teaching of writing / Irene L. Clark.

By: Clark, Irene L [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2019Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203728659; 0203728653; 9780429685804; 0429685807; 9781351394581; 1351394584; 9780429685798; 0429685793Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching | English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers | Report writing -- Study and teaching | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative WritingDDC classification: 808/.042071 LOC classification: PE1404 | .C528 2019ebOnline resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Processes: Approaches and Issues; Readings: Composing Behaviors of One- and Multi-Draft Writers; Moving Writers, Shaping Motives, Motivating Critique and Change: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing; 2 Invention: Issues and Strategies; Reading: Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block; 3 Revision: Issues and Strategies; Reading: Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers; 4 Audiences
Reading: Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience5 Genre, Transfer, and Related Issues; Reading: "Emphasizing Similarity" but Not "Eliding Difference": Exploring Sub-Disciplinary Differences as a Way to Teach Genre Flexibly; 6 Reading/Writing Connections; Reading: Motivation and Connection: Teaching Reading (and Writing) in the Composition Classroom; 7 Assessment: Issues and Controversies; Reading: Across the Drafts; 8 Teaching Multilingual Students in a Composition Class; Reading: Promoting Grammar and Language Development in the Writing Class: Why, What, How, and When
9 Language, Linguistic Diversity, and WritingReading: Clarifying the Multiple Dimensions of Monolingualism: Keeping Our Sights on Language Politics; 10 Issues in Digital and Multimodal Writing: Composition Instruction for the 21st Century; Reading: The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning: Aurality and Multimodal Composing; Appendix 1: Effective Writing Assignments; Appendix 2: Developing a Syllabus; Index
Summary: Concepts in Composition is designed to foster reflection on how theory impacts practice, allowing prospective teachers to assume the dual role of both teacher and student as they enter the discipline of Writing Studies and become familiar with some of its critical conversations. Now in its third edition, the volume offers up-to-date scholarship and a deeper focus on diversity, both in the classroom and in relation to Writing Studies and literacy more broadly. This text continues to offer a wealth of practical assignments, classroom activities, and readings in each chapter. It is the ideal resource for the undergraduate or graduate student looking to pursue a career in writing instruction.
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Concepts in Composition is designed to foster reflection on how theory impacts practice, allowing prospective teachers to assume the dual role of both teacher and student as they enter the discipline of Writing Studies and become familiar with some of its critical conversations. Now in its third edition, the volume offers up-to-date scholarship and a deeper focus on diversity, both in the classroom and in relation to Writing Studies and literacy more broadly. This text continues to offer a wealth of practical assignments, classroom activities, and readings in each chapter. It is the ideal resource for the undergraduate or graduate student looking to pursue a career in writing instruction.

Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Processes: Approaches and Issues; Readings: Composing Behaviors of One- and Multi-Draft Writers; Moving Writers, Shaping Motives, Motivating Critique and Change: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing; 2 Invention: Issues and Strategies; Reading: Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block; 3 Revision: Issues and Strategies; Reading: Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers; 4 Audiences

Reading: Closing My Eyes as I Speak: An Argument for Ignoring Audience5 Genre, Transfer, and Related Issues; Reading: "Emphasizing Similarity" but Not "Eliding Difference": Exploring Sub-Disciplinary Differences as a Way to Teach Genre Flexibly; 6 Reading/Writing Connections; Reading: Motivation and Connection: Teaching Reading (and Writing) in the Composition Classroom; 7 Assessment: Issues and Controversies; Reading: Across the Drafts; 8 Teaching Multilingual Students in a Composition Class; Reading: Promoting Grammar and Language Development in the Writing Class: Why, What, How, and When

9 Language, Linguistic Diversity, and WritingReading: Clarifying the Multiple Dimensions of Monolingualism: Keeping Our Sights on Language Politics; 10 Issues in Digital and Multimodal Writing: Composition Instruction for the 21st Century; Reading: The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning: Aurality and Multimodal Composing; Appendix 1: Effective Writing Assignments; Appendix 2: Developing a Syllabus; Index

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