2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Developing a writing pedagogy : Genre approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21820041
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Tokyo University of Agriculture
Principal Investigator	YASUDA Sachiko Tokyo University of Agriculture, 農学部, 助教 (60386703)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	英語 / ライティング / ジャンル / アカデミック・リテラシー
Research Abstract	This study examines how novice foreign language writers develop their writing competence and linguistic knowledge in a one-year genre-based writing course. To define genre approach, this study draws on systemic functional linguistic (SFL) theory that sees language as a resource for making meaning in a particular context of use. Analysis ofthe longitudinal data revealed that the novice writers made progress in their rhetorical awareness, and that changes in their awareness were apparent in their actual written products.