Swales' Outline

Move 1: Establishing a Territory

· The importance of this research is that it shows how technology is changing writing and how students are benefitting and changing because of the evolving digital age.

· Students’ writing processes are changing with technology as they go through school and advance through college. Their research is changing and the way they do research is changing also.

· Wardle and Downs explore how students’ writing develops as they progress through college and look at how writing is taught.

Move 2: Establishing a Niche

· Technology is improving the quality of new research because it gives the researcher much easier access to countless other opinions and research.

· There is little research on how writing processes change for students from high school to college.

· How do students adapt their writing from high school to college?

· Many researchers have done studies relating to this subject (i.e. how writing processes change as students progress through college)

Move 3: Occupying the Niche

· The purpose of this research is to explore how technology is changing writing and how students are benefitting and changing because of the evolving digital age.

· Students’ writing processes are changing and the way that they do research is changing due to the advancement of technology.

· First, I state my own knowledge and experience with the subject. Then, I look into other studies and research and finally discuss my findings and answer my research question.