The Development of Writing Abilities 11 - 18

The School Council project on the Written Language of 11 - 18 year olds set out, therefore, to formulate and test a new and more realistic set of categories. The project, based at the London Institute of Education, under the direction of Professor James Britton, approached the problem from two angles: the function served by a piece of writing, and the audience - self, teacher, wider public - to which it is addressed. The authors see the development of children's writing ability as a process of differ.