"A Tweet is a Genre?": Developing Students' Genre Awareness through the Genre-Translation Project
Faculty Advisor Name
Dr. Kurt Schick
Department
School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Description
Using ground theory research, this study examines the impact of genre awareness while teaching FYW and its effect on students' attitudes towards a genre-translation project. Research findings reveal that in the beginning of the semester the majority of the students were not able to identify many genres, except those that they were familiar with, eg. scholarly articles, mainly because there was little discussion of genre and writing in high schools. However, after six weeks of intensive genre awareness teaching, students comprehended genres and successfully translated a text from one genre to another, having in mind audience, context, purpose, and so on. The necessity and usefulness of teaching genre awareness in FYW was predominantly valued among students as this study examined genre as a key factor for understanding and promoting genre awareness.
"A Tweet is a Genre?": Developing Students' Genre Awareness through the Genre-Translation Project
Using ground theory research, this study examines the impact of genre awareness while teaching FYW and its effect on students' attitudes towards a genre-translation project. Research findings reveal that in the beginning of the semester the majority of the students were not able to identify many genres, except those that they were familiar with, eg. scholarly articles, mainly because there was little discussion of genre and writing in high schools. However, after six weeks of intensive genre awareness teaching, students comprehended genres and successfully translated a text from one genre to another, having in mind audience, context, purpose, and so on. The necessity and usefulness of teaching genre awareness in FYW was predominantly valued among students as this study examined genre as a key factor for understanding and promoting genre awareness.
