Developing Audience Awareness in Writing

"Developing Audience Awareness in Writing" by Jose Brandao Carvalho

"Audience awareness in writing is an important feature that has to be considered when we want to distinguish novice from expert writing." This was a main idea within the article. You really have to adapt to being aware of your audience. Cavalho makes a point to show that transforming text to unite with the audience is a challenge. There was a study presented within the article that shows progress for fifth to ninth grade in terms of audience awareness. The study showed that the experimental group greatly improved in audience awareness because they received information about the subject. Yet the control group that receieved no information on audience awareness did not show that aspect in their writing.

Carvalho, Jose B. "Developing Audience Awareness in Writing." Journal of Reading in Reading 25.3 (2002): 271-82. Print.

Trish Piercy
Chelsea Melville