Dawson, J. 1985b

Dawson, J. 1985b

Reference
	Dawson, Jean. 1985b. "Training writers: Evaluation and self-editing." Notes on Literacy. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	Guides mother tongue writers in revising their own work. Helps trainers when they do not know the discourse structure of the language well enough to evaluate a piece by the standards of that language. Recommends that writers do self-evaluation in groups of two or three that speak the same mother tongue language. Part 1 states that effective writing should
	be coherent be complete have no extraneous material, and be written in a natural style for a specific audience.
	Part 2 discusses ways to self-edit and self-evaluate. Suggests
	criteria reasons for poor quality, and how consultants can help.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Dawson, J. 1985b
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): D
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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