Through the Models of Writing

This work provides both young and senior scientists with a comparative view of current theoretical models of text production. Models are clearly situated in their historical context, scrutinized in their further evolution with a fine-grained observation of differences between models. Following the description of writing phases initially proposed by Hayes and Flower (1980), the first part of the book presents planning, translating and revising processes and compares them to other researchers' conceptions. The second part is devoted to the cognitive functioning of writing. Decisive issues are examined, such as the management of different processes, the role of working memory in text writing and the characteristics of the development of writing expertise. To conclude this presentation, two researchers in this field, John R. Hayes and Ronald T. Kellogg, have been invited to react to analyses developed in the book and to complete the presentation of their own model. This book should be useful to people working in teaching of writing or studying this specific human activity.