简介:InanEFLclass,writingforarealaudiencecanbringaboutmanyinherenteducationalbenefits.However,thisisoftenne-glectedbymanylanguageteachers.Thispaperreportsonthere-sultsobtainedfromusingawritingforarealaudienceprojectinanIntensiveReadingcoursefornon-Englishmajors.Studentsinthisprojectwroteletterstotheirpartnersinthetargetlanguageandsharedinformationwitheachother.Theauthorfoundthattheprocessofwritingforarealaudiencecannotonlyhelpstu-dentspracticeusingthetargetlanguagebutalsocanencouragethemtoovercomewritingapprehension.