SQ3

Daniel Garcia

ENG 1320/1301.158

Instructor: Tran Phan

SQR 3

S:

Various aspects of the writing process have been studied, but revision has been notably absent. The reason is that current models of the writing process have directed attention away from revision. Two representative models are Gordon Rohman’s suggestion that the composing process moves from prewriting to writing to rewriting and James Britton’s model of the writing process as a series of stages described in metaphors. Most of the students had developed various functional terms to describe the tyoe of changes they made. The predominant concern in these definitions is vocabulary. The students understand the revision process as a rewording activity. Lexical changes are the major revision activities of the students because economy is their goal. The students place a symbolic importance on their selection and rejection of words as the determiner of success or failure for their compositions. The students list repetition as one of the elements they most worry about. They also have strategies for handling words or phrase, but they don’t have strategies for the whole essay. They stop when they decide that they have not violated any of the rules for revising. The experienced writers describe their primary objective when revising as finding the form of their argument.

Q:

What are the revision strategies of experienced writers found  in Sommer’s studies? What can you learn from these strategies?

R:

They star to write and write till they think is complete and ready, also they don’t go back to check if its right. That is not good, the students should correct their work, and try to help each other and make this as a writing habit. One of the strategies that experienced writers use, is that a writer have to be able to find the form and shape of the argument, these means that, they have to write several drafts of the same paper but each time making revision so at the end students can be able to obtain a paper that has a good argument and be understandable to the reader.