Process approach of writing

Abstract EN

Process approach has had a major impact on the ways writing is both understood and taught, transforming narrowly – conceived product models and raising awareness of how complex writing actually is.

Few teachers now see writing as an exercise in formal accuracy, and most set pre-writing activities, which require multiple drafts, give extensive feedback, encourage peer review and delay surface correction.

Writing involves a set of distinctive thinking processes which writers orchestrate and organize during the act of composing (Flower and Hayes, 1981).

The purpose for writing could be to inform, persuade and manipulate language and express meaning.

The process approach encourages learners to write about experiences and individual differences which give their writing a powerful purpose (Westervelt, 1988).

The aim of this study is to firstly describe the process approach involved in writing and secondly describe how the understanding of such a process supports the teacher and learner in today's classrooms.