ABSTRACT
As discussed in Chapter 3 , approaches to teaching composition (whether to L1 or L2 writers) have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. Despite all of these changes, however, one element has remained constant: Both teachers and students feel that teacher feedback on student writing is a critical, nonnegotiable aspect of writing instruction. In most instances, it represents the single largest
j From your own experiences as a student writer, what memories do you have of teacher responses to your texts? What types of feedback have you as a writer found most helpful? Most problematic?
