In thinking about Sommer's article with regards to how the revision process is viewed between "student writers" and "experienced writers", I couldn't help but wonder how authorship correlates to a writer's view of the revision process? Can we assume that the "experienced writers" understanding and/or view of revision process is driven by their internal motivation and level of ownership toward their composing process?
Bishop's article suggests an opportunity to further contextualize grammar by discussing it through the lens of style and offering flexibility with "diverse discourse". I am wondering how might this better empower the students to view grammar perhaps with less trepidation? I only ask this because I have encountered so many students who view their ability to write based solely on their understanding of the eight parts of speech (I am kind of exaggerating, but not much).
Hi Tricia,
ReplyDeleteFor me, style and diverse discourse encourages a kind of personal inquiry to the wonders of language (grammar) and its possibilities for expression rather than a technical catalogue or a score card of victories or statistics of right and wrong or high / low accuracy. Some poets and some poetry aesthetics privilege this kind of linguistic experimentalism and I think they would either be very excited by Bishop or simply express a kind of DUH sentiment.