TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH Chapter 8

 Reinforcementsentences using what they have learned...  Language development  Actual process of writing  helping Ss to learn as they go along...  Learning styleSome Ss: picking u

Chapter 8 How to teach writing

Harmer, J (1999) How to teach English Longman

I Reasons for teaching

writing

 Reinforcement

 Language development

 Learning style

 Writing as a skill (the most important)

 Reinforcement

sentences using what they have

learned

 Language development

 Actual process of writing

 helping Ss to learn as they go along

 Learning style

Some Ss: picking up language by looking & listening

Other Ss: needing time to think in order to produce the language in

 Writing as a skill

reports, advertisements

2 Some kinds of special writing conventions (punctuations,

II Kinds of writing

tasks

interests & level

kinds of letters, narrative

compositions, reports, newspaper articles, advertisements or

III Writing sequences

A) writing postcards

B) alternating dictation

C) newspaper headlines/articles

D) report writing

Read these sample lessons (page 80-84)

IV How to correct writing

Avoiding over-correction

 Telling Ss particular kinds of

mistakes to be corrected

 Using correction

codes/symbols