TITLE:
A Tweet Is a Genre?: Developing Students’ Genre Awareness through the Genre-Translation Project
AUTHORS:
Arta Sejdiu
KEYWORDS:
Genre-Awareness, Genre-Translation Project, First-Year Writing (FYW)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
10,
2023
ABSTRACT: Using ground theory research, this study examines the impact of genre
awareness while teaching First-Year Writing (FYW) and its effect on students’
attitudes towards a genre-translation project. Research findings reveal that in
the beginning of the semester, the majority of the students were not able to
identify many genres, except those that they were familiar with, e.g.
scholarly articles, mainly because there was little discussion of genre and
writing in high schools. However, after six weeks of intensive genre awareness
teaching, students comprehended genres and successfully translated a text from
one genre to another, having in mind audience, context, purpose, and so on. The
necessity and usefulness of teaching genre awareness in FYW were predominantly
valued among students as this study examined genre as a key factor for
understanding and promoting genre awareness.