Hillocks, G. (2005). The focus on form vs. content in teaching writing. Research in the Teaching of English, vol. 40, no. 2, 238-248.
In this essay, George Hillocks (University of Chicago) discusses the "obsession" with teaching form (parts of the paragraph, structure of sentences, elements of style, etc.) to the exclusion of teaching how to create written content from subject matter. Further, Hillocks offers a discussion of research to support the idea that there are more important things about teaching writing than teaching forms.
No information on genre in writing instruction.
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