In this article, I argue that a process approach which enables students to draft, discuss and revise then share and celebrate each other's compositions can support their writing development more effectively than the current near-exclusive use by English teachers in UK schools and colleges of the form of text modelling that requires students to…

Reviews what has happened in the field of second-language teaching over the past decades and examines the development of the process approach to writing by comparing it with the traditional product approach. A critical evaluation of the new approach follows and forms the premise for recommending a philosophy of eclecticism. (41 references) (CK)