Implementing a Metalinguistic Approach to Secondary School Writing

Area of Science:

• Education
• Linguistics
• Writing Instruction

Background:

• Secondary students often lack essential writing proficiency for academic and future success.
• Current writing interventions may not fully address underlying metalinguistic abilities.
• A gap exists in comprehensive writing instruction that integrates metalinguistic awareness.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce a metalinguistic approach to writing for secondary students.
• To provide rationale and a framework for implementing this approach.
• To address the need for improved writing proficiency in secondary education.

Main Methods:

• Discuss current educational demands and performance trends in secondary writing.
• Review existing writing interventions and identify gaps.
• Explain metalinguistic processes in writing and how to target them.
• Provide step-by-step implementation strategies for educators.

Main Results:

• The tutorial outlines the rationale for using a metalinguistic approach.
• It details how to target metalinguistic processes within writing tasks.
• Existing metalinguistic writing interventions are discussed.

Conclusions:

• This tutorial equips instructors with the knowledge to implement a metalinguistic writing approach.
• It offers a framework applicable to any academic writing task for secondary students.
• The approach aims to enhance students' overall writing proficiency and academic outcomes.