Date:
November 1988
Page No.:
91
Writer(s):
Daniel Horowitz
This paper critically examines the relevant literature on the
cognitive processes underlying reading and writing and claims that the
essential common point is "interpretation of written text." The
concept of interpretation is then examined and it is argued that an
understanding of the interpretive standards of the community one is
writing for is a necessary prerequisite of the ability to produce
coherent, reader-based prose. Some evidence suggests that both Ll
and L2 writers gain this understanding through extensive reading, but
it is argued that intensive reading and analysis of specific genres can
also make an important contribution to writing ability.
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