Writing in Context(s) Textual Practices and Learning Processes in Sociocultural Settings

The premise that writing is a socially-situated act of interaction between readers and writers is well established. This volume first, corroborates this premise by citing pertinent evidence, through the analysis of written texts and interactive writing contexts, and from educational settings across...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kostouli, Triantafillia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Studies in Writing
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Making Social Meanings in Contexts
  • Sociocultural Differences in Children’s Genre Knowledge
  • Enculturation to Institutional Writing
  • Whole-Class and Peer Interaction in an Activity of Writing and Revision
  • Co-Constructing Writing Contexts in Classrooms
  • Prior Knowledge and the (RE)Production of School Written Genres
  • Student Writing as Negotiation
  • Writing from Sources in two Cultural Contexts
  • First and Second Language Use During Planning Processes
  • Collaborative Writing Groups in the College Classroom
  • Reaching Out from the Writing Classroom