Blog #2: Lindemann--Constantly Writing

In chapter 2, Lindemann argues, "Teachers who assume that they are instructing 'beginning writers' are mistaken. Most of our students have been writing for many years; they have been immersed in language from birth" (11). A statement, I find true. As an SI, I've seen different writing levels across our student population, but as Lindemann later exposes the struggle is not that they don't have some sort of writing foundation it is that their foundations are poorly built. Specifically, what I see is that students have this idea that writing for English classes is a seemingly difficult task. For students, writing in English classes is a singular task that they are unable to do or don't do in other course work. However, what they are not able to see that they are writing every day (hello--text messaging), but their audiences and codes are different. I guess, my big question here is how do we help students become aware of their writing prowess and how do we help them transfer their writing practice/abilities over to the classroom setting.