Reading to write
Raymond P. Polivka · 1990
Teaching a programming language offers many challenges. Foremost, of course, is the question of how to present the material. Part of any presentation are the drills and exercises. Frequently, after the content has been presented, the student is asked to write a program. This is much akin to asking a student, who has just been exposed to the grammar and some vocabulary of a new language, to write an essay in that language.