EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROCESS APPROACH IN IMPROVING WRITING: A THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide both teachers and learners of English as a foreign language with a theoretical background about the effectiveness of the Process Approach in improving writing. It deals with the emergence and nature of the approach. It also emphasizes the positive effects of recursiveness and that the different elements which make up writing: pre-writing, composing, drafting, revising and editing – are important composing stagesDownloads
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