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Readers, Writers, Speakers, and...
Chapter Objectives
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This chapter introduces you to the three communities that are the focus of this handbook's unique approach to reading and writing.
The chapter objectives that follow will help you figure out whether you have really mastered the material presented in this chapter.
After reading this chapter and completing its exercises, you should be able to:
- Explain to another student how writing is used, and used differently, in workplace, academic, and public communities
- Recognize the roles, goals, forms, and characteristics of each writing and reading community
- Distinguish between the realities and myths of the writing process
- Understand the Internet as a forum that gives voice to all three communities
- Use the TASALS strategy to examine Web sites
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