An important part of teaching writing at the college level is introducing students to genres and writing assignments that are unfamiliar to them. This happens in the transition from high school to first-year writing but also happens as writers move to upper division writing assignments. Some studies have shown students who saw themselves as expert writers early in their college career tended to improve less than those who recognized themselves as novices and were thus open to exploring new writing strategies. Mary Reiff and Anis Bawarshi argue that these “boundary crossers,” or students who are willing to question some of what they know about writing genres and then re-purpose their knowledge effectively, are those who are able to progress the most toward becoming experts in new writing situations. Boundary crossers, in first-year composition, they found in their study, are more willing to engage in writing that is uncomfortable for them, and they tend to recognize that the genres they are exposed to in first year writing are not the same as those they have produced before (329). Reiff and Bawarshi advocate discussing early on with students, productive and positive ways of working with their own position as newcomers to genres.
Discussing the range of genres your students will be reading and writing comparative to their prior writing experience in lower division can foster a better understanding of how writing skills are gained and about how knowledge is presented in your particular discipline. Almost everyone who has taught first-year writing has had the experience of seeing a student try to stretch a five paragraph essay into a longer, unfamiliar writing genre. Students coming to an upper division class may not have experience writing in the genres you will be assigning. Assignments and discussions, early in the quarter, based around analyzing the variety of genres in your discipline (with appropriate samples) could help them compare what they know against what they still need to learn. Small summary and analysis assignments could lead to productive discussions about how genres in your discipline are like the writing situations they have encountered before—but perhaps even more productively—about how these genres are not the same.
An important part of teaching writing at the college level is introducing students to genres and writing assignments that are unfamiliar to them. This happens in the transition from high school to first-year writing but also happens as writers move to upper division writing assignments. Some studies have shown students who saw themselves as expert writers early in their college career tended to improve less than those who recognized themselves as novices and were thus open to exploring new writing strategies. Mary Reiff and Anis Bawarshi argue that these “boundary crossers,” or students who are willing to question some of what they know about writing genres and then re-purpose their knowledge effectively, are those who are able to progress the most toward becoming experts in new writing situations. Boundary crossers, in first-year composition, they found in their study, are more willing to engage in writing that is uncomfortable for them, and they tend to recognize that the genres they are exposed to in first year writing are not the same as those they have produced before (329). Reiff and Bawarshi advocate discussing early on with students, productive and positive ways of working with their own position as newcomers to genres.
Discussing the range of genres your students will be reading and writing comparative to their prior writing experience in lower division can foster a better understanding of how writing skills are gained and about how knowledge is presented in your particular discipline. Almost everyone who has taught first-year writing has had the experience of seeing a student try to stretch a five paragraph essay into a longer, unfamiliar writing genre. Students coming to an upper division class may not have experience writing in the genres you will be assigning. Assignments and discussions, early in the quarter, based around analyzing the variety of genres in your discipline (with appropriate samples) could help them compare what they know against what they still need to learn. Small summary and analysis assignments could lead to productive discussions about how genres in your discipline are like the writing situations they have encountered before—but perhaps even more productively—about how these genres are not the same.
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