I hear parents still talk about it) 1. In conversation, one never says, "You do this. Your mission is to learn what type of roots, stem, and leaves will allow your plant to survive in each environment. Our readers kick ass : ), Posted by: Kathy Sierra | Sep 10, 2005 7:31:58 PM. If they *are* so taken (and you just have to see the explosion in crappy Powerpoint to see that it is likely to happen!) And if you cant, work on it until you can. The teacher, when I met with her, acknowledged that the essay was well organized and virtually devoid of grammatical errors. If the mission had been to educate future colonists, then learning would be implicit and would have made more sense. The second one focussed too much on the game, and when it introduced a mission, in terms of the gameplay it was a pointless mission. Kathy Sierra en est en tout cas persuade dans son article "Conversational writing kicks formal writing's ass" (via "Conseils pour crire sur le web"). The Moreno and Mayer study had psychology students as the subject population, and most certainly cannot be generalised beyond that population. I.e., for some people, putting out the time/effort and money to go to an expensive class ups (at least slightly :-) their level of commitment/intensity and that changes what they are able to get out of the experience. I also consider myself a grammar snob, although my grammar isn't the best. A formal writing style is not necessarily better than an informal style, rather each style serves a different purpose and care should be taken in choosing which style to use in each case. Reviewing my posts thus far I find I'm running afoul favorite pair of writing difficulties: It's too long, son! (Im not going to say where I got it, exactly, because my objective is not to criticize or embarrass anyone.). What I personally do(when I teach/train) and expect from new-age writers is simple: o Make sure we're ALL having fun Granted, its not easy to write as gracefully as he does, although he certainly makes it look that way. Mike Grehan, in his Search Engine Book commented on how search engines were looking to create a figure like a little old lady librarian, who could tell exactly what you needed most, with the least amount of information you told [Read More], I know too many people who talk like they write from Strong Copy Builds Brands As academic writing goes, this is better than some and no worse than most. His name has become a byword among my programmer friends for pompous, unreadable deskweights. Ive never bought the argument that professional writers have some sort of license the rest of us dont. Yet the meaning itself is fairly easy to grasp, and I think most of us understand why its written the way it is. We believe one of the biggest mistakes is to dismiss the things that work in teaching younger people by saying that they somehow don't work for adults. Take a few minutes to read a wonderful authoring tip on Kathy Sierras blog. Yesterday I mentioned my initial thoughts about the book Agile Web Development with Rails. So why had it gotten an F? Well, why not, they are so easy to understand. Posted by: Tom Biggs | Sep 7, 2005 9:27:46 AM. What distinguishes a conversational style is not just that its less formal (although it usually is) or that it avoids stuffy, made-up rules like the ones mentioned above (although it usually does), but that it attempts to approximate an actual conversation between a writer and a reader. But the sort of conversational style he employs is, if anything, more natural and intuitive than what we spend years teaching students in high school and college. But then, I don't think you are advocating rejection of rigor: the structure of the entry has a clear {beginning, middle, end} and there's lots of citations in it. I actually found the "botany learning scenario" clearer in the formal format. @"@(HW@06UPv.P@G6@d.,B,26T Ia'f:=mi)b9C$POvP:TR \&IFDq+G |(MtZ[q/b(g?|A:^ADYnKM{'4$OX\!>DBS]+ZUDs "c Conversational writing vs Formal writing from lifehack.org Kathy Sierra looked into both formal and conversational style of writing and how does it affects ones learning and retaining the knowledge. endobj Stop your presentation before it kills again! Why I want a tablet PC (hint: mind mapping), Writing a wrong -or- the wrong way to write, Writing good copy - the search marketer problem, I know too many people who talk like they write, Conversational Writing is Better than Formal Writing, Death threats against bloggers are NOT "protected speech" (why I cancelled my ETech presentations), Helping users "feel the fear and do it anyway", How to host a product/feature design party, Seven Blog Virtues (for a Global Microbrand). "In five out of five studies, students who learned with personalized text performed better on subsequent transfer tests than students who learned with formal text. Research summarized by Reeves and Nass (1996) shows that, under the right circumstances, people "treat computers like real people.". I recall a conversation I had with a teaching guru at the time and one of the hurdles that came up with this was that the publishers didn't think that they could continue charging the outrageous amounts that they do for such "easy" textbooks (both in terms of their greed and because people wouldn't be as willing to part with as much money as for the convoluted, formal versions) and that authors resisted that suggestion because if it wasn't formal enough then they wouldn't e.g., get the same recognition from their bosses/peers (in the academic publish-or-perish world). I think one can introduce directness, mnemonics etc without losing rigour. I think I'm in agreement with the psychology, but not the rejection of formal forms. It is a dry style and not very exciting. When you want to make your writing sound more conversational (informal vs. formal), including idioms can give your writing a more relaxed tone. What is your opinion of the character or events in the story? Teachers are quick to note that there is no right or wrong answer here and encourage children to be reflective or to connect the reading to their own personal knowledge or experiences. :OW4IrC And almost all of it has been transcribed and edited from speech, or looks a lot like it. Ask yourself one simple question: After slogging through that short excerpt, do you have any desire to read the rest of the essay? My response to that is: Why should they? Both formal and informal writing is used in our day to day life but in different situations. My (untested) hypothesis: skilled, active readers use critical self-talk all the time when reading and don't need to be patronised by the writer. What this passage isnt, however, is engaging. The Head First treatment presents the patterns as the Gof book but it makes it fun and easier. His wacky antics make you want to keep reading to see what he'll say next. Maybe that's why so many people don't feel somehow quite *trained* in a thing unless they've gone on some horribly expensive 3 day plus course, and had a teacher there engaging them in conversation about the subject? "you should always remember that you have to ack before you oof.."). Obviously the implementation of a kid's learning book and one for adults will be different, and different subjects often require dramatically different approaches, but at the core, virtually all brains learn the same way--through emotional response (which in turn triggers the brain to pay more attention and possibly record to long-term storage). o In IT related courses DON'T just show examples, but exersizes and be able to demostrate stuff. Here's a tip: talk to your end-users like they were important and they'll like it! Posted by: noisyjazzman | Sep 10, 2005 11:12:49 PM. Nice articlearticulated exactly the way I feel about some of the best science books ever written. from le blog de davidtouvet.com Only once have I ever played the Im an English professor card with any of my kids teachers. Im not going to tell you what was said after that, but you can probably imagine. But I would say that anyone who finds the GoF books hard to read has a problem! For anyone who had to suffer thouygh these sentences you have my sympathy, but it wasn't my fault.. Posted by: Brian Benz | Sep 7, 2005 10:20:02 AM. We're talking books. They write in a conversational style. So was forced to rewrite the text to formal ("developers should always remember that they have to ack before they oof..") was my compromise. I never really thought much about my writing style. It's brilliant and people struggle through it because it's brilliant. If you read Head Fisrt (really read, not flip through) and feel patronized then you might have some bigger issues. Research has shown that a conversational writing style is generally more effective at producing learning results than more formal writing. Admittedly, there are conversations and there are conversations. endobj Posted by: Peter | Sep 8, 2005 11:29:55 AM. Now compare the above passage to the following, from Malcolm Gladwells best-selling book Outliers: The achievement gap is a phenomenon that has been observed over and over again, and it typically provokes one of two responses. The second, slightly more optimistic conclusion is that, in some ways, our schools are failing poor children: we simply arent doing a good enough job of teaching them the skills they need. I don't have a reference but there was a study at least 25 years ago that took some college level textbooks in various courses and rewrote them to target young kids (grade school / junior high, IIRC). And well-structured writing is also based on how the brain works: it is to get around the fact that brains are pretty sloppy at this sort of thing most of the time. More to the point, how many professionals these days, apart from actual academics, write in an academic style? Posted by: Ben Askins | Sep 8, 2005 7:17:18 AM. >&_b?c5o3wD5=eNrJ'*%.8u&`dPwT2"o6}wS)/\RljUmMAEs7k5nUsV"yqVM%\3TR*V}+z42w 0Qg2DL t2+3%zFsKa^dL u6H"4Rc#Y4Ti_49V8VRD\2_@-59& +Yy%StaLA)YTm*\|r\>f96*OgP"MyL\hO[D)J Th ~DYx=.PZ_Ejwd? Call it cozy. Formal rather than conversational phrases Precise wording and specific facts (rather than generalizations) Limited use of words that sound opinionated, emotional, or flowery One strategy for approaching more formal writing assignments is to write as you usually would, and then look for words and phrases to replace. I think my writing style was heavily influenced by what I read which is [Read More], A stylistic change from pleinasme The first step is removing long sentences and difficult words. The [Read More], Your Writing Style from GBGames' Blog Why? This isn't just for short informal blog entries and articles, either. [Read More], Writing good copy - the search marketer problem from Brian's Internet Business blog In order to do that, the writer must first recognize that a reader exists, which academics often fail to do. I think he takes this concept to the extreme. The relevance of this? Grady Booch, in a nutshell. That way I can slowly work on making them get interested. Two academics talking to each other would sound very different from two corporate types, who would sound different from two restaurant managers or two custodians. Whatever. Partly wrong, anyway. Posted by: Dave Gray | Sep 9, 2005 8:01:34 PM. Kathy Sierra, acute and accurate as she always is, writes about the importance of well-writing, through the attention to the way one talks. But I'm quite happy to take your word for it that they're find and appropriate. %PDF-1.5 Some hints are provided throughout the program. At the highest level, anyway. Having just changed from a more formal style on one web site, I am looking forward to seeing the results. Now, for those of you who don't know the GoF Patters book (GoF = gang of four - the cute name everyone has come up with to refer to the four authors) is a hard bound, very academic and somewhat inaccessible tome. I think this is a good example - image Head First Differential Equations, Linera Algebra, Quantum Physics, Statistical Analysis. Posted by: John D. Mitchell | Sep 6, 2005 5:00:16 PM. Washington, D.C. 20037 After all, Ive heard some of my college-level colleagues voice similar complaintsthat students dont know how to write academic prose. Assuming they're meant for learning, and not reference, books written in a conversational style are more likely to be retained and recalled than a book on the same topics written in a more formal tone. A conversational tone is often entirely appropriate (even for intelligent adults! That's wrong. "This program is about what type of plants survive on different planets. non-conversational) style. This isn't just for short informal blog entries and articles, either. training even though we know those signals aren't trustworthy and those training styles aren't nearly as effective in terms of the students' actually learning. stream I read through it before he turned it in and thought it wasnt his best work, but I decided getting a B might be good for him. Rob Jenkins is an associate professor of English at Georgia State University Perimeter College. Not too boring and not too much fun. I personally prefer to keep my style a little unpredictable this way I can play on the general mood that the class has (I had to learn it the hard way when I taught/trained staff on board ships regarding safety/fire drills/boat drills, and the staff knew exactly what to expect). Georgia State University Perimeter College. Main Conversational Writing Kicks Formal Writing's Ass is another insightful post on Creating Passionate Users that say that formal writing, as nice and professional as it is, is less effective at teaching than conversational writing is. All I really am saying is that studies such as this don't imply that much marvellous writing (often 'formal' compared to corporate writing) ought to be changed in any way. (Graesser, Bowers, Olde, and Pomeroy, 1999). Knowing the difference between formal and informal writing will help you to use the suitable writing style in a particular situation. Either 'do' or 'don't do' or 'consider before doing'. I changed my mind when I realized there was a difference between good conversational writing and the rambling, unfocused blogs and forum posts I often encounter. NiSZCT* r8B@ * VI1Fq\m-{O1 QU +: T?PatR3)X"E"YZ@^U*>ph And you also change the passive voice to active. Conversational wr [Read More], Writing a wrong -or- the wrong way to write from Todays Blogger o Keep it fun but also exciting help watch everyone(when I mean everyone it also includes you) grow/learn new things. Even if they've read and worked through the tutorial books, bought the reference manuals, and even done some genuine work with the technology, until they've had a full-on session of a number of days conversing with (hopefully) an expert in the subject while doing the thing at the same time, it's not quite sunk in. This ties in nicely with your previous post.Often it's the editors that impose the formal style. If you want to write something thats actually going to be read, use a conversational writing style. Up to that point, my son, a genuinely gifted writer, had made nothing but As in Language Arts. You can tell that he's thinking about his image every time he sits down to write. They probably had the GoF book first. But I'm seeing (Lemme remember aahh yeah read a book last week about Google AdSense) and this guy was doing so much of conversation that I began to wonder if he had anything *special* to tell. ), and a formal one often unnecessarily stuffy. Of course, lawyers and businesspeople have their own stylistic quirks, which can be even more annoying than academic prose. Or even the way you talk when you're rambling. An example of writing like you talk: Conversational writing feels like the writer is having a conversation with a reader, and you can take two steps to make your writing conversational. The first response is that disadvantaged kids simply dont have the same ability to learn as children from more privileged backgrounds. I noted the articles on the side bar for later reference. See the box below for examples of the differences in tone in informal and formal essays written on identical topics. Unless the book is a reference book, where precision matters over understanding, and the writing is meant to be referred to not read and learned from, there are almost NO good reasons for a tech book to be written in a formal (i.e. Our readers are indeed "skilled, active readers" and quite capable of learning from a more traditional academic text--they simply choose *not* to, when given a choice. Because the author doesnt even try. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Conversational writing kicks formal writing's ass: Write as you talk from Bruno Unna A guide or manual is always directing someone to do an action. Hes now a junior in college, an English major (I know, I know) who aced two 300-level courses last spring. Posted by: Matt Galloway | Sep 12, 2005 8:08:39 AM. All the way back to the days of "Plain Talk" car insurance policies (a concept devised at Sentry Insurance by my favorite ex-husband, Mike Dry), this thing of good voice in writing, particularly business or ad writing, has been proven [Read More], Author Tip: Conversational Writing from The Average Joe: A Book Publisher Blog This weekend's Buffy entry really drove the problem home. By the time he was in 10th grade, he had already guest-written my local newspaper column two or three times. Simple, in this case, does not mean simplistic.. She did a nice job of writing a review of [Read More], Conversational Writing from Dorai's Techlog Horses for courses, and all that. But the very best writers, in practically every field, avoid those quirks. In this idealized format, the thesis invokes the magic number of three: three reasons why a statement is true. Well we do and engage in conversations through out the day. I couldn't agree more with your post. I'll agree that a less formal style may be more effective at engaging a reader's interest, but I do not believe the notion that 'friendly' documentation is a trend to follow. What most people mean when they say "write the way you talk" is something like, "the way you talk when you're explaining something to a friend, filtering out the 'um', 'you know', and 'er' parts, and editing for the way you wish you'd said it.". (Or she, of course, but to be perfectly sexist here--this does seem to be more of a guy thing--the "I'm more technically serious than thou" phenomenon.). I probably will never read the books as I no longer work in IT nor do much programming these days. Most scholarly writing (at least in the humanities) sounds to me like the writer is having a conversation with himself or herself. You need to prove mathematical statements. Last and highest on the thinking continuum is the evaluative type question that is considered a staple of published literature-based reading series. Reference vs. Learning: pick ONE | Infact I wanted to leave right away. The five-paragraph theme, outlined in Figure 3.1, is probably what youre used to: the introductory paragraph starts broadly and gradually narrows to a thesis, which readers expect to find at the very end of that paragraph. I don't go to Morton's to get hamburger, and I won't write technical documentation aimed at a 6th grader (unless it's for the Marketing side of the house, and then all bets are off). The in-person training tends to give more chances for real experience to take place. If you haven't already, spend some time with the Feynman Lectures on Physics. But academics, for example, are constantly being leaned on these days by bureaucrats to make their content 'relevant' for the sake of 'inclusion', where what they actually mean is that they want the content dumbed-down in order to ensure students/customers are not challenged. The goal is to learn what type of roots, stem, and leaves allow the plant to survive in each environment. <> By not only addressing readers directly but including us in the discussion (our schools, we arent). If your brain had a bumper sticker, it would say: Posted by Kathy on September 6, 2005 | Permalink, TrackBack URL for this entry:https://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b44369e200d8345978dc69e2. It makes sense. {h?}:`%K $:R1O+S(Y|\pP|B$ecq mo3fRDlP. qH-(thr1o[&TU>=E m ,h=2fJTzH;QZYx#Zq:k+E-' c P*c? a; u? But I'd agree with making the process human, being direct, introducing anecdotes, and a pinch of humour, to make the process more memorable. I dont know about you, but the writer lost me midway through the first sentence. Unfortunately, the twits who did the rewriting didn't proofread their obvious 2-minute global search and replace. Well as I reached the last page I realized that he didn't. And I did make the point (perhaps not clearly enough, given your comment) that the *implementation* of a book for an adult is going to look and feel different from a book geared toward someone younger (and vary with the topic as well). I have a long way to go though. Posted by: Jennifer Apple | Sep 7, 2005 11:10:47 AM. (8Qr8h@D(D4(N@uO \ eq(i#MdTEN{IkjpD2F@{ YA"iXf"!-ce)3*I@%bU A9skr&\$WS4N[Ed]Zvw4do9[D1. The overwhelming majority wont be writing academic prose in their professional lives, so why should we be teaching it to them in college, much less high school? Because the writer has engaged you. Because, she said, the writing style wasnt academic enough. The article is entitled: Conversational writing kicks formal writings ass. A study from the Journal of Educational Psychology, issue 93 (from 2000), looked at the difference in effectiveness between formal vs. informal style in learning. A great book on this very topic is "If You Can Talk, You Can Write" by Joel Saltzman, I cannot recommend it highly enough. So many words, so little content. She hits a number of my favorite issues, such as: Link: Creating Passionate Users: Ultra-fast release cycles and the [Read More]. How many of our best nonfiction writers, the ones who are widely read and have a genuine impact, write in an academic style? Creating Passionate Users has an interesting post titled Conversational writing kicks formal writing's ass. Other times, it's the author's of way of showing respect for both the topic and the reader--a valid goal, but an ineffective (and unneeded) approach. There are many beautifully-written books of effortless simplicity. For obvious reasons, that was the route he chose. Kathy Sierra, of the great blog Creating Passionate Users, says it well when she says: If you want people to learn and remember what you write, say it conversationally. from fuzzyLizard Later, after I submitted my final draft, it was apparently decided that the personal style was OK, and the text was rewritten to the personal style. Posted by: wildmist | Sep 8, 2005 4:08:14 PM. I.e., if it doesn't look "formal" enough, it can't be serious, educational, etc. From my own life, I am currently reading Sophie's World and I find the conversational style makes an introduction to philosophy much more palatable. For years I have coached our consultants and concept developers to develop a conversational in their XPLANATiONs. 3 0 obj Posted by: noisyjazzman | Sep 10, 2005 7:25:38 AM, I do think it's *very* dependent on the audience, true. P0NwC\KmUK She suggested books written in conversational style of writing That was when my middle son, then a high-school sophomore, received an F on a writing assignment that was clearly no worse than a B. I certainly didn't mean to insult your readers or books. I've attended courses where formal talk made it suck so bad that I forgot it all. 2 0 obj Ugh. That attitude, Ive observed, is characteristic of academic prose, where the emphasis is typically on the ideas themselves rather than on communicating them effectively. What do you need all those words for anyway? Again, almost none. Looks like I'm not your target audience. In a comment to another post a reader said that they wanted a Head First Biology book for their daughter. We just need to think about the reader and the topic of your discussion, before choosing the writing style. @bhh~\P|X{*& @$s)JS2'rv&6Je6:Y9W;D-=J!t\$*FL|-hiAO M 1255 23rd Street, N.W. `@I*JVXT.fQLOcuM#YT N*+;8Ij &y^jGR\R T(@' To Kathy's point (in comments two above this one) - I think people that have the Head First Patterns book probably have the hard bound original GoF title as well. My first book for Wiley (The Notes and Domino Programming Bible) was done in the personal style (eg. The assignment in question gave students the option of writing an argumentative essay in the style of a newspaper editorial. D Q# I have not been blogging for long but as I become familiar with this world, lately it seems that all roads lead to O'Reilly. By varying sentence length to create a subtle sense of pace. And the word "you" can sometimes make all the difference. Granted, Gladwell is one of the very best writers working today. 2gN+9*dK|hFdYhY pGBeVR$ySYff4-)b2BO&I}dX$)) ZG"V`! a#@h(6G! I, for one, am here to tell them they can write conversationally, and they should. Thats like saying Steve Nash can execute a crossover dribble because hes Steve Nash, while the rest of us have to play like extras in a 1950s training film. Usually found at the end of a story, this type of question requires student learners to offer their own opinions or evaluations. Perhaps thats consistent with the introspective, philosophical nature of the academic enterpriselets not forget what the Ph. in Ph.D. stands forbut it doesnt translate well to the world outside of academia, which virtually all our students will inhabit. So why isnt the passage engaging? But heres where Alexanders study gets interesting, because it turns out neither of those explanations rings true. For me, I find myself writing like I'm supposed to. Their conclusion was: <> at Georgia State University Perimeter College. I say that I chose this passage more or less at random because I was looking specifically for something that would serve as a classic example of academic prose without being too egregiouswhich this isnt. Posted by: Phil Gerbyshak | Sep 6, 2005 9:12:30 PM. It's not that readers of Head First can't learn the other way - we're just bright enough and open minded enough to realize that other ways might be more efficient. After all, Ive heard some of my college-level colleagues voice similar complaintsthat students dont know how to write academic prose. It's about availing oneself of the best of our civilisation. And engaging in a conversation has the potential to turn up the emotional gain much more than a dry, lifeless text or lecture. Virtually none. So one of the theories on why speaking directly to the user is more effective than a more formal lecture tone is that the user's brain thinks it's in a conversation, and therefore has to pay more attention to hold up its end! 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