Kara Taczak
Volume 4
Chapter Description
This essay explores the importance of transfer in first year writing. Transfer is the ability to take writing knowledge and practices from one context and use it to repurpose or reframe it in a new/different writing context. To help students better understand how to effectively transfer, this essay examines three common misconceptions about writing–(1) writing is natural; (2) writing is a one size fits all model; and (3) there is nothing more to learn about writing–and then revises them into “truths” about writing–(1) writing is a process; (2) purpose, genre, and audience inform the writing situation; and (3) there’s always something more to learn about writing in order to help explain how to effectively and successfully transfer knowledge and practices from past and current writing experiences forward.
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