The Effects of Audience Awareness on Drafting and Revising

The study investigated the effects of writers' attending to the informational needs of their readers. Specifically, each of 60 university freshmen enrolled in 5 sections of freshman composition was randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: 1) no attention to audience, 2) attention...

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Published in:Research in the teaching of English 1988-02, Vol.22 (1), p.75-88
Main Authors: Roen, Duane H., Willey, R. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Audiences
English instruction
Freshman composition
Writers
Writing
Writing instruction
Writing processes
Writing revision
Written communication
Written composition
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Summary:The study investigated the effects of writers' attending to the informational needs of their readers. Specifically, each of 60 university freshmen enrolled in 5 sections of freshman composition was randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: 1) no attention to audience, 2) attention to audience before and during drafting, and 3) attention to audience before and during revising. Students' original and revised essays were scored holistically for overall quality. Results indicated that attending to audience can be effective for improving the overall quality of students' writing. Results suggested, however, that attending to audience is less effective as a drafting strategy than it is as a revising strategy.
ISSN:0034-527X