How the Reading Writing Connection Derived

As teachers, it is found that Reading and Writing are taught independently and we find that this is so because there isn’t an understanding of the connectivity between them.  According to Campbell, (1963 [1776]), Writing and Reading Relationships: Constructive Tasks.

“Reading and Writing though it is pressed and encouraged to be taught concertedly , was not always so. Reading and Writing was seen as one of the four strands of the language processes In the 1980’s there was a distinct body of inquiry relative to reading and writing. This small but intense body of scholarship and research into the interrelationships between writing and reading also focused on ways in which those relationships might affect learning, and inform instruction.”  As part of the research it was viewed that reading and writing is linked to language and communication.  The research prompted researchers to look into the social aspects of reading and writing and their functions and uses as it pertains to real life situations and school situations. As the inquiry of reading and writing became more scrutinized, similarities and differences in the way that reading and writing developed and affected each other and also the way they depict learning.

By the 1800s the work of Campbell (1963 [1776]) and. (n.d.). Writing and Reading Relationships: Constructive Tasks. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from http://www.albany.edu/cela/publication/article/writeread.htm