The Genre Approach
The Genre Approach is an Australian export and is also know as systemic functional linguistics. This approach focuses on helping the teacher and student focus on different characteristics of writing genres. The writer is then able to make the best choice which form of writing will best fit the topic they have chosen. The students need to see the various genres of writing successfully model in order to be successful in their own writing. The teacher needs to build the knowledge, learn about the text witht he students, provide guided and independent and then time for reflection.
The Genre Approach is an Australian export and is also know as systemic functional linguistics. This approach focuses on helping the teacher and student focus on different characteristics of writing genres. The writer is then able to make the best choice which form of writing will best fit the topic they have chosen. The students need to see the various genres of writing successfully model in order to be successful in their own writing. The teacher needs to build the knowledge, learn about the text witht he students, provide guided and independent and then time for reflection.