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Writing as a Mode of Learning
As soon as I read the title of this reading I became very curious. I thought I had finally found proof of what my parents thought was a very poor way of studying when I was in high school. I used to read my Social Study, Biology, or Literature books, synthesize, analyze, create diagrams,... »
Speaking vs. Writing in the World of Technology
My sister is a talker. Growing up, she was able to convince my parents of much more than I could. In high school, she was her class president. As her college education comes to a close, she finds herself working for a company in customer relations. She has her verbal language skills to thank.... »
Janet Emig, Final Commentary :)
In “Writing as a Mode of Learning,” Janet Emig takes a rather unique stand both in how she views writing and in how she defines it as a learning process. She describes writing as heuristic, and by that, it seems she is praising writing because it is a continuous learning process, with unending lessons... »
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Janet Emig Writing is an integral part of the learning process. Emig states that writing represents a unique mode of learning – not merely valuable, not merely special, but unique (122). According to Emig, Writing is originating and creating a unique verbal construct that is graphically recorded(123). She provides a distinction between Writing, Reading... »
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Tina Bell English 5001 9 May 2009 Commentary I have always written the given assignment and then doubled the time it took me to calculate how quickly my most experienced might need to finish the writing assignment. I do this in order to allow for student think-time during the process of writing. Janet Emig’s article “Writing as a... »