Bazerman's Conversational Model

I have to admit that I have never heard of writing along the lines of a conversation.  Bazerman's perspective is interesting in that he suggests that this conversational model actually translates into developing skills we take for granted in the writing process.  For example, his model suggests absorbing, reformulating, and commenting on what was read.  I think we take that idea for granted because it is done so much but linking it to a conversational model is, well, different.  Many of the things he suggests that are better conducted in the conversational model is actually, in my estimation, responsible writing in the first place.  Things like evaluating what is read and significant commitment to reading attentively should already be located somewhere in our writer's toolbox.  However, if Bazerman suggests that conversational models point students into the direction of reading effectively, developing responses, and questioning the material we read to inform the ideas we want to write about, then I am certainly willing to adopt this idea.  As it stands right now, in my experience in teaching so far, ANYTHING that can be done to get students to embrace reading and writing has my vote for didactic effectiveness to the second power.