D&W Q&R1

Question: What are D&W saying about it?
It is assumed that writing instruction transfers from genre to genre. They are assuming that if you learn to write it will help you in the future write for different classes, such as reports for biology and different other writing situations. FYC instructors hope that what they teach will follow them into the future, in other situations, when they need to write for their other courses. Teachers do not know whether teaching a certain way will hlep or if teaching another will help them in the future.
Question: Why is this idea important to you?What is your reaction to it? (How do you feel about it?) What other question does this make you think of?
This idea is imporatnt becuase it raises the question that if what you are learning will actually help you in other courses and different genres. We do not know if the writing skills we are being taught will help us write lab reports for chemistry and bioligy or write a thesis for medical school. It is important because there are so many different ways that writing can be taught and different ways to apply those writing skills that FYC teachers could choose from varitey of ways to teach their students. I am surprised because I never thought of it like that. In the article they say that if students are taught how to write biology essays maybe they would be more prepared for biology lab reports. It is astounding to think that maybe if I had learned in English to write essays about certain topics then I probably would be better at writing for different genres and the assignments that they give. This makes me think that if there is a broad spectrum in the ways to teach English that might benefit students, how do teachers come around to picking their teaching style? How do they know that what they are teaching will help us at all in our future studies?