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A Review on the Process-Genre Approach in Second Language Writing Teaching

Ke Xu

Abstract


For second language learners, writing is a complex and challenging skill, and various techniques to teaching writing have been proposed and put into practice over time. Among them, the process-genre approach has gained increasing attention as a comprehensive approach that integrates the insights and benefits of previous writing instruction methods. It views writing as a cognitive process as well as a social activity and incorporates linguistic knowledge in the product approach, writing skills in the process approach, contextual knowledge and writing purpose in the genre approach as a whole in the teaching of writing. The paper first introduces the theoretical development of the process-genre approach, and then reviews some empirical studies from different research domains. The paper also discusses the existing research niche and offers suggestions for future research and practice in this area. The purpose of this paper is to make contributions to both the understanding and the application of the process-genre approach in second language writing teaching through an extensive review on this topic.

Keywords


Second language writing; Teaching method; Process-genre approach (PGA); Literature review

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i19.9397

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