简介:Mechanic:“Abrakejobisgonnarunyouaround(?)500.”Customer:“Giveme250bucks’worth.Itonlyrunshalfthetimeany-way.”
简介:InanEFLclass,writingforarealaudiencecanbringaboutmanyinherenteducationalbenefits.However,thisisoftenne-glectedbymanylanguageteachers.Thispaperreportsonthere-sultsobtainedfromusingawritingforarealaudienceprojectinanIntensiveReadingcoursefornon-Englishmajors.Studentsinthisprojectwroteletterstotheirpartnersinthetargetlanguageandsharedinformationwitheachother.Theauthorfoundthattheprocessofwritingforarealaudiencecannotonlyhelpstu-dentspracticeusingthetargetlanguagebutalsocanencouragethemtoovercomewritingapprehension.