Does a piece of writing have a sex? Not really! It perhaps has a gender, which in French is genre. When it comes to distinguishing one category of writing from another, however, genre seems to ...

Migration and globalization are placing thousands of second language learners in the classrooms of teachers who lack training in language instruction. As a result, schools face the challenge of ...

Academic writing encompasses many different formats, each with its own conventions and purposes. However, getting to know the various genres of academic writing helps students communicate effectively ...

On a crisp autumn day back in September 2013, Michael Tidd - then a Year 5 teacher in a large Sussex primary school - sat down to consider how he could improve the teaching of writing in his school.

Sarah Dalton writes young adult novels. She’s earned a following among fans of YA genre fiction with such speculative series as Blemished, Mary Hades, and White Hart. Dalton’s big break, however, came ...