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Writing is infiltrating society at a higher rate than ever before. A curiously unintended, yet significant, consequence of the increased focus on technology has resulted in more words written each day. Rather than using oral language to communicate (via phone calls or face-to-face interactions), people are relying on the written word for communication (Yancey, 2004).
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Hodges, T.S., Mctigue, E., Douglass, A.G., Weber, N.D., Wright, K.L., Garza, A.D.L. (2015). Modeling the “Write” Teaching Practices. In: Li, Y., Hammer, J. (eds) Teaching at Work. Advances in Teaching and Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-082-6_8
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