We began reading Lindemann's text at the right time for me. Presently, I don't teach writing for any extended period. But this week I will try one of techniques Lindemann has provided. I especially like what she wrote about "mechanics" because I have been struggling with how I was taught to teach writing. Finally a new way to teach to my EFL students. Although it's not often, when Ido teach writing, I get the types of papers Lindemann writes about. I get, "brilliant discussions that ignore the reader's expectations about conventional punctuation." (18)). I struggled with correcting the way "conventional" teachers teach and correct. I am now learning to encourage students to write the brilliantly clever and funny papers I have been getting. I wasn't sure if I was doing students a disservice by appreciating papers that ignored the traditional essay format and instead went against every standardized test essay they could. Mixed feelings, 'oh they're going to need all this conventional practice for when they begin university' to, 'let them have fun before they are immersed into university/college life.'
Am I right to em a break now, or should they continue to write conventionally?
Or am I just selfish because I learn so much (culturally) when students write?
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