From Inbox to Insight: A Writing Teacher's Reflection on Students' Written Formality.

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Title: From Inbox to Insight: A Writing Teacher's Reflection on Students' Written Formality.
Authors: COP, MICHAEL1 michael.cop@otago.ac.nz
Source: New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work. 2026, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p22-30. 9p.
Subject Terms: *Writing education, *Reflective teaching, *Literary style, *Teacher-student communication, Communication patterns, Social distance
Abstract: When I receive correspondence from students in my writing classes, I wonder if it is representative of my teaching or of the class's capabilities. Reflecting on that dynamic, I designed a study to assess if I needed to modify either what I need to teach or how I perceive students' capabilities (or something in between). My data suggest that my students are more than capable of identifying shifts in tone for power-distance communication and that I therefore need to be aware of negativity dominance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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