Voice And Dialogue In Teaching Reading/Writing To Qatari Students

Abstract

This paper describes an attempt to improve the reading comprehension and writing skills of students coming from an oral culture. The proposed approach involves using voice and dialogue understood literally and metaphorically as a tool in teaching students how to engage texts and write with a reader in mind. The author discusses a pilot study incorporated into a writing course in the Pre-medical Education Program at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.