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Skrebels, Paul – 2003
The net effect of the early experiences of writing "compositions" which involved either describing the circumstances of a student's life or recounting the kinds of events encapsulated in that proverbially hack title, "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," has been a tendency for older teachers to devalue nonfiction as an object of…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Literary Devices, Literary Genres
