How to teach writing docx

What relate to effective writing?. Language skills accuracy-based  good use of spelling rules  accurate use of language appropriacy  grammatical sentence forming  effective use of co

Why is writing useful?

Writing is…

 a way to reinforce language

 a way to develop language

 a style of learning language

 a skill

○ genre-based writing (writing letters, postcards, invitation, etc.)

○ process writing (stages a writer goes through)

What relate to effective writing?

1 Language skills (accuracy-based)

 good use of spelling rules

 accurate use of language (appropriacy)

 grammatical sentence forming

 effective use of connectors (cohesion)

 correct application of written forms

What relate to effective writing?

2 Able to communicate a message

(fluency-based)

 generating ideas

 gathering information

 organizing ideas & information (coherence)

 expressing ideas/ information

Help Ss develop

language skills

Study (S): teacher-led / teacher-controlled activities  focus on accuracy

 doing vocabulary / grammar exercises

 reading available texts

 dictaclog

 altering dictation

 …

Facilitate Ss’

idea-formation process

Activate (A): communicative activities

 pictures, movies

 discussion (with guidance questions)

 survey (with questionnaire)

 intensive reading

 listening comprehension

 …

Writing as a process

Brainstorming

Making notes Writing a draft

Editing

Producing another draft

Proof-reading

TOPIC

Writing process

1 Brainstorming (think of everything we can about

the topic)

2 Making notes

3 Writing a draft

4 Editing (correcting and improving the text)

5 Producing another draft

6 Proof-reading (checking mistakes in accuracy) or

editing again

Correcting writing

Steps

 self-correction

 peer correction

 teacher’s correction

Techniques

 using checklists (spelling mistakes, tenses, topic sentence, etc.)

The stages of a writing

lesson

Before

During

After

 Lead-in : stimulate learners’ interest; provide them with ideas

 Language focus : structure, vocabulary, linking words

 Transfer and language focus:

correction