Composition

Comprehensive guide to writing in interactive media contexts, based on user experience design principlesProvides practical guidance to students and practitioners in a wide range of professional writing contexts including advertising, marketing, technical...

This book reconsiders imitation as a valuable pedagogical approach in Writing Studies. Countering concerns about product-oriented teaching, formulaic writing, paternalistic or elitist pedagogy, and plagiarism, the book maintains that the use of imitation...

This book presents a lively, rich, and concise introduction to the key concepts and tools for developing clarity and coherence in academic writing. Well-known authors and linguists David Nunan and Julie Choi argue that becoming an accomplished writer is...

This edited collection positions writing at the center of interdisciplinary higher education, and explores how writing instruction, writing scholarship, and writing program administration bring STEM and the humanities together in meaningful, creative,...

An important contribution to the scholarship on student writing and composition theory, this book presents a new approach to writing instruction based in linguistic research and theory. In this book, leading scholar James D. Williams explores the...

This book informs instructors and librarians about the history, aims, and pedagogical uses of the annotated bibliography. A companion to the authors' Writing the Annotated Bibliography, this text enables instructors to better understand the annotated...

An important contribution to the scholarship on student writing and composition theory, this book presents a new approach to writing instruction based in linguistic research and theory. In this book, leading scholar James D. Williams explores the...

In this book, authors Murphy and O'Neill propose a new way forward, moving away from high-stakes, test-based writing and the curriculum it generates and toward an approach to assessment that centers on student learning and success. Reviewing the...

The A to Z of Creative Writing Methods is an alphabetical collection of essays to prompt consideration of method within creative writing research and practice. Almost sixty contributors from a range of writing traditions and across multiple forms and...

This practical resource provides guidance for writing professionals to sustainably tackle the organizational writing challenges of any professional environment.Rooted in applied experience, Building a Workplace Writing Center guides readers through the...

This book introduces Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Pedagogy as a robust and research-grounded framework to engage and support students in critical examinations of language, identity, privilege and power.Starting with an accessible introduction to...

This book gives students an answer to the question, "What does my professor want from this essay?" Using a single poem by William Carlos Williams as the basis for the process of writing a paper, it walks students through the processes of reading,...

Creativity and The Paris Review Interviews: A Discourse Analysis of Famous Writers' Composing Practices centers around a thematic discourse analysis of a 2000-page corpus of Paris Review interviews, focusing on the creative processes of some of the...

Style & Substance demystifies academic conversations by breaking down the underlying concepts behind good scholarship and the skills involved in research, writing, and presenting. The author guides undergraduates through the trials of academic writing,...

This book presents a lively, rich, and concise introduction to the key concepts and tools for developing clarity and coherence in academic writing. Well-known authors and linguists David Nunan and Julie Choi argue that becoming an accomplished writer is...

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This book reconsiders imitation as a valuable pedagogical approach in Writing Studies. Countering concerns about product-oriented teaching, formulaic writing, paternalistic or elitist pedagogy, and plagiarism, the book maintains that the use of imitation...

Using the concept of "plasticity," or the brain’s ability to change through growth and reorganization, as a theoretical framework, this book argues that encouraging an exploration of the self better establishes emotional value in the composition...

This book provides a theoretical framework to allow educators, researchers and policymakers to better understand computer-generated writing and the policy and pedagogical implications of generative AI.Generative AI, such as ChatGPT and Gemini, have...

Writing is hard work. Teaching it can be even harder. As most teachers know, writer's workshop doesn't always go as planned, and many find there are obstacles that they consistently struggle with. In his role as a literacy coordinator and teacher, Mark...

Designed to cater to the needs of both novice and seasoned writing instructors, this book provides a range of practical and adaptable strategies for integrating generative AI into English writing curricula.Generative AI in the English Composition...