Module 1: Self Check

Elements of the “Available Designs” form a piece of writing, but a set of those components does not mean the birth of an excellent writing. If we think of resources, such as genres, vocabulary, as the blood or flesh of body, we can view communicative contexts, such as social roles as the skeleton that gives them suitable form and consider sociocultural context mind or spirit. When three of them are harmonized with well, we can call it a well-knit story, and in those regards, we, second language writing teachers, should pay careful attention to ‘sociocultural context’ especially among three parts. This is because it cannot be learned as a field of study or a theory but can be acquired through understanding and feeling the culture. For this reason, we should not only study grammar or structure but give continued attention to the target culture with affection. This attitude toward writing, I believe, can provide writers and readers with no distortion and misunderstanding.