"Lexical changes are the major revision activities of the students because economy is their goal (381)".
"The experienced writers do the opposite: they seek to discover (to create) meaning in the engagement with their writing, in revision (386)".
As an undergraduate student, I related to the first quote; as a graduate student I get closer and closer to the second quote. Right now I am not teaching, but plan to teach in the future, so it seems useful to relate to students in order to help them become better writers. Anyone find that useful? Knowing that students are reluctant to rewrite and that they spare no time to do so can help when lesson planning. However, I realize teaching can seem easier than it actually is. Some students might not care about improving their writing, those students will perhaps accept a lower grade? The students who want to improve and learn are the ones who will benefit from knowing that they have the potential to seek to discover meaning in the engagement with their writing through revision.
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