4. Mapping Texts: The Reading/Writing Connection
The strategies students observe in reading can become part of their own repertoire for writing.—Stuart Greene, “Exploring the Relationship Between Authorship and Reading” (36)
BEING ABLE TO READ effectively and efficiently is necessary for writing a thesis/dissertation and for any kind of scholarship. However, when graduate students read scholarly texts for a class or a research project, they sometimes feel as if they are entering a strange country, a foreign landscape, with unmarked paths and roads that are bewilderingly difficult to navigate. As they struggle to find their way, they may wish for a set of directions or a “map” of the terrain that will enable them to traverse its roads more effectively. ...
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