TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH Chapter 8

Chapter 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 Some Ss requiring language orally Others  written forms as useful 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 a slower way  writing Writing as a skill A basic language skill Learners some kinds of writing: letters, reports, advertisements Some kinds of special writing conventions (punctuations, paragraph construction….) II Kinds of writing tasks How to choose tasks: learners’ age, interests & level Kinds of tasks: postcards, various kinds of letters, narrative compositions, reports, newspaper articles, advertisements or poems… 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 ... 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