Teaching writing

Teaching writing

1. Reasons

   • Writing for learning
     • Reinforcement of any particular aspect of language
   • Writing for writing
     • To develop and improve the students’ writing skill: emails, letters, and reports

2. Writing process

   • Plan
     • Setting goals (purpose)/Generating ideas/Organizing information/style/know audience
   • Draft
     • Selecting appropriate language
   • Revise
     • Think about the meaning and organization
   • Edit
     • Surface-level features ( grammar, spelling, word-choice, etc.)

3. Planning practice

   • Planning in groups, Guide note-making, Strategic questions by the teacher, Highlighting, essential information.

4. Developing a sense of audience

   • Age reader, Socioeconomic status, education, knowledge, information one must give, arguments, and so on

5. Technology: word processors

   • Allow drafting fast
   • Revision of texts is easier
   • Let generate ideas fluently

6. Correcting written work

   • List of written symbols
   • Correct a particular type of mistake
     • Be sensitive and sympathetic