Teaching Writing

The process view of writing sees it as ____ and _____.

• pensive and extensive

• thinking and discovery

• spontaneous and free-spirited

• dreary and academic

The writing process should take into account the strategies that work best for individual students.

• true

• false

Which of the following is NOT one of the activities that characterize the writing process according to "Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom"?

• producing 'reader-based' prose

• note-taking

• planning

• revising

Many students will benefit from _______ tasks which teach them strategies for planning, drafting, and revision.

• simple

• challenging

• creative

• structured

A product approach is more appropriate for less-advanced language learners because it requires them to develop awareness of their audience.

• true

• false

These two factors make writing very different from speaking.

• permanence and distance

• audience and purpose

• function and form

• fluency and accuracy

Focusing on the "product" of writing means placing value on what it...

• contains from a rhetorical standpoint

• communicates to the reader

• "looks" like

• inspires in its audience

This formation represents the written discourse of which type of language (according to Kaplan)?

• English

• Romantic

• Oriental

• Russian

Kaplan's conclusions about how we write are widely-accepted today as being highly accurate.

• true

• false

Who is more likely to spend more time planning out their writing?

• LI learners

• L2 learners