Our lives involve all kinds of writing. Notes on the fridge, journalistic writing, greeting cards, to mention a few – all fill the purpose of communicating and bringing messages across. This is one of the criteria for writing being a social and cultural phenomenon. Cushing Weigle refers to Hayes: “Writing is also social because it is a social artefact and is carried out in a social setting. What we write, how we write and who we write to is shaped by social convention and... ...social interaction” (2002:19).
Something to bear in mind regarding the cultural aspect of teaching writing in the EFL classroom is that there could be cultural differences when it comes to structure and
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