1 Writing about yourself and other people Example genres: class profiles, introductory email (e.g. to homestay family), business CV, job application, online work profile, descriptions of people, family history, childhood experiences 2 Writing to people you know Example genres: invitations, personal catch up, announcing news, congratulations, asking for help/favours, asking for and responding to advice 3 Writing to share ideas and opinions Example genres: blog post explaining your opinion on a topic, reacting to news, reviewing something you've seen/heard/read/eaten, email/letter to editor, discursive essays 4 Writing to get something done Example genres: request for information, enquiry, reply to enquiry, making bookings, complaints, giving feedback on product/service, 5 Writing expressively Example genres: fictional stories, personal experiences, poems, character profiles 6 Writing for academic contexts Example genres: essays, reports, description of data in graphs/charts, paraphrase, summary, references 7 Writing for business Example genres: reports, proposals, summaries, presentation slides 8 Teacher Development Background reading for discussion, suggestions for action research, approaches to giving students feedback, suggestions for standardizing the assessment of student writing.