8: Reading and Writing Are Not Connected, by Ellen C. Carillo

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Reading and Writing Are Not Connected" by Ellen C. Carillo. It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe).

Chapter keywords: literacy acquisition, literacy, new literacies, reading pedagogies, reading wars, reading–writing connections

Ellen C. Carillo is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and the writing program administrator at its Waterbury campus. She is the author of Securing a Place for Reading in Composition: The Importance of Teaching for Transfer; Teaching Readers in Post-Truth America; A Writer’s Guide to Mindful Reading; The MLA Guide to Digital Literacy; and the editor of Reading Critically, Writing Well. Ellen has earned grants to conduct research on reading–writing connections in the classroom and regularly presents her findings and scholarship at national conferences. She is also a founding member and co-leader of “The Role of Reading in Composition Studies” special interest group, which meets at the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s annual convention.

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The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

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