Teachers of Composition and Needed Research in Discourse Theory.

Odell, Lee

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ERIC Number: ED144063

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1977

Pages: 15

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Teachers of Composition and Needed Research in Discourse Theory.

Odell, Lee

This paper stresses the need for composition teachers to develop not only student writing skills but also the discourse theory by which those skills are taught. Several assumptions of current discourse theory are discussed, and with each assumption the author proposes research questions and procedures by which teachers themselves can evaluate the theories they use. (RL)

Descriptors: English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Research Needs, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Role, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills

Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (28th, Kansas City, Missouri, March 31-April 2, 1977)