... Benefits of G.B .A on students writing proficiency 3 5-3 6-3 7 3.1.2 Limitations of G.B .A to teaching writing 3 7-3 8 3.2 Summary 3 8-3 9 CONCLUSION 1 .The benefits and limitations of the genre- based approach ... a genre based approach to teaching writing ? 6-7 1.2.2 Definitions 7-8 1.2.3 Genre- Based Approach (G.B .A) 1.2.4 Basic Principles of G.B .A 8-9 -1 0 1.2.5 The curriculum cycle of G.B .A 1 0-1 1 1.2.5.1 ... project,Metropolitan East region Chandrasegaran, A and Kum, K T (2008) Teaching Expository Writing Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education Cope, B., & Kalantizis,M (Eds) (1993) .The powers of literacy: A genre approach...