It is said there is a correlation between reading comprehension and writing. The idea that logical thinking can be promoted through reading has resulted in trials linking reading to composition. However,there are many reports of student compositions lacking logical sentence progression, giving rise to the need to teach logical writing in smaller units. Targeting international students, the presenters investigated how they grasped the logic in an essay and an academic paper in order to consider the best method of teaching reading to facilitate writing in a logical progression. It was found that using essays which are not rigorously logical were effective in learning to write logically.
