Wrting Process And Product

Question 1

Writing as a process

Answer 1

Focuses on the process involved in writing not the product

Williams 2003

Hedge 2003

Grade and Kplan 1996
Expressive stage
Cognitive stage
Social stage 
Discourse community stage

Question 2

Writing as a product

Answer 2

Focuses on the final outcome of writing as a product

This was founded in the behaviorist approach to language learning as habit formation

It was later criticized for only focusing On form and function and detaching from the creativity, purpose and the personal experiences of the writer

Question 3

L2 writing

Answer 3

Hyland 2003

Unique
Because of the bicultural, bilingual and bilateral experiences and the different conceptions of knowledge

Weigle (2002 )
Challenges

Have to focus on the language that content
Have to have awareness on the social and cultural aspects of writing in the l2
Writing anxiety and apprehension