{"id":807,"date":"2021-09-04T21:44:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=807"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:21:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:21:36","slug":"the-importance-of-transfer-in-your-first-year-writing-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/past-volumes\/the-importance-of-transfer-in-your-first-year-writing-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Transfer in Your First Year Writing Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kara Taczak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 4<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/taczak.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of The Importance of Transfer in Your First Year Writing Course..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/taczak.pdf\">The Importance of Transfer in Your First Year Writing Course<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/taczak.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">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\u2013(1) writing is natural; (2) writing is a one size fits all model; and (3) there is nothing more to learn about writing\u2013and then revises them into \u201ctruths\u201d about writing\u2013(1) writing is a process; (2) purpose, genre, and audience inform the writing situation; and (3) there\u2019s 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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternate Downloads:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Writing Spaces is published in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlorpress.com\/\">Parlor Press<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/\">WAC Clearinghouse<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Taczak Volume 4 Chapter Description This essay explores the importance of transfer in first year writing. 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