ABSTRACT
In this chapter I build on the conceptual overview of Chapter 1 to explore a number of key issues which dominate current understandings of writing. These issues, which I have selected from a much wider range of candidates, are context, literacy, culture, technology, genre and identity. Together they tell us something of the current state of play in writing research and teaching and, I hope, provide a basis for thinking, reflecting and reading further on the subject.
