Learning to Write Through Student Essays

Writing is communication! This comprehensive guide to writing, made easy and fun through student essay examples. The author, who taught writing as a Korean language teacher for over 20 years before moving to university teaching, attempts to bridge classroom writing practice with various composition theories in this book. Students find writing difficult because they think of it as a process of creating something "special." The author emphasizes that writing is not a laborious process of creating something "special," but rather a "communication process with readers" of saying what you want to say. The book encourages writing honestly and freely in your own voice, as if talking to friends. Through abundant and vivid student essay examples, it shows core writing strategies that students can immediately apply in their actual writing process. This book provides theoretical guidance for students who want to improve their writing, and rich examples for teachers who teach writing.