I found the discussion in class today immensely interesting, particularly because I am so unfamiliar with the genre approach. I think that many of my questions regarding the approach were answered, although that is only forming a base to what I believe I still need to learn. In our group, Kristi and I focsued on question 2, although I am pretty sure that we veered off that path almost immediately. I like this question because I really don't understand why the articles seemed to present the approaches as polar opposites. Why not combine the good things of both, right?
We also discussed these theories and what they have to do with the age of the student. I believe that age plays a huge role (or ability level, in the L2 learner's case more than likely). I know that from an L1 context, I can't imagine teaching solely the genre approach in a middle school classroom when the students don't have the skils or base emough to understand just how to write (or perhaps I should say the process of writing).
I also mentioned that I thought that the articles brought up a lot of theoretical talk, like telling your students that they are a community of learners, that their works speak to each other. But I wonder how to get these concepts across. Essentially, I would still love to see pedagogy in action. What would a unit plan look like if you were teaching high school students this? How would the response be? What would be effective, what would not be?
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