Composition studies

The write science (English: writing studies ) consists of writing research and applied science writing with the subregions writing didactics and writing advice. This writing is explored from different perspectives, such as from the perspective of linguistics and literary sciences, education sciences, communication and media studies, psychology or language learning research.

Writing research

In the writers' research, for example, following questions examined:

• What happens at writing processes?
• What happens when you write lyrics?
• How are texts which suit the addressee and genre specific?
• How is writing skills?
• How do writing media, tasks or task environment writing processes?

Applied Science Writing

In applied science writing, the focus is on teaching and support when writing.

• How do you write processes support or accompany useful?
• What measures, methods, settings, arrangements easier to write lyrics?
• How can accompany and guide to write addressee -oriented and genre -specific texts Writing individually?
• In addition, functions and effects of writing processes are inter- examined - in addition to the communicative function of writing is, for example, a heuristic (knowledge -generating ), adopted therapeutic or hedonistic function.

Applications

Findings of science writing can be incorporated into the work of writing centers, writing workshops, writing courses, writing seminars and writing arrangements in the context in school, college and professional. Goal of applied science writing is their integration into the practical teaching at the universities, for example in the form of university writing centers.