Writing for Real People: A Client-Centered Approach.

Cooper, Jennie C.

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ERIC Number: EJ472356

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Publication Date: 1993

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Writing for Real People: A Client-Centered Approach.

Cooper, Jennie C.

College Composition and Communication, v44 n3 p386-88 Oct 1993

Describes a method of teaching professional expository writing skills in which a teacher wrote to real professional people, some famous, and asked them to become "clients" for first-year student researchers by requesting specific information. Argues for the feasibility and success of this project. (HB)

Descriptors: English Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Human Services, Professional Education, Research Papers (Students), Writing Assignments

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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