Writing skill

Teaching writing Teaching writing The nature of The nature of communication communication Spoken language Spoken language Receptive Understanding Speaking Productive Receptive Understanding Speaking Productive Skills Reading Skills Reading Writing Writing skills skills Written language Written language Questions for you Questions for you 1. Do you enjoy teaching writing? Why? 1. Do you enjoy teaching writing? Why? Why not? Why not? 2. What type of writing activities/ tasks do 2. What type of writing activities/ tasks do you do with your students? you do with your students? Pre-writing Activities Pre-writing Activities • Using a drill • Using a listening text • Using a reading text • Using a survey • Using picture dictation • … While-writing Activities While-writing Activities • Write it up • Transformation • Substitution tables • Substitution boxes • Gap-fill • Questions and answers • Ordering • Brainstorming Post-writing Activities Post-writing Activities • Correction • Sharing and comparing • Exhibition Controlled writing task Guided writing task Free writing task Examples of Examples of controlled controlled writing writing tasks tasks • Jumbled sentences • Copying with corrections • Find and copy • Dictation • Sentence combining • Transformation • Gap-fill • … Examples of Examples of guided guided writing tasks writing tasks • Guided sentence building • Picture description • Picture stories • Summary • Half dialogues • Story completion • Substitution boxes • Questions and answers • … Examples of free writing tasks Examples of free writing tasks • Writing a deliberating passage • Writing a speech • Writing a story • Writing a letter • Exchange writings [...]... write • Know the aim - why they are writing • Know the audience - who they are writing to • Know the genre - what type of text they are writing Solution(2) Have enough time for: - thinking about the topic - brainstorming ideas - planning ahead carefully - drafting as many times as they can Have constant feedback from teacher as well as their partners during the writing process Solution(3) • Give more...Some examples of writing tests Write a passage about : • Some advantages and disadvantages of wearing uniform to school • The benefits of the Internet (English 9,P44) • … Some problems of writing from students • Unknown what and how to write • No idea to write • Mistakes in using vocabulary, grammar structure, verb tense/form, syntax • Miswriting genre and topic Some examples of... sample mistakes for students to avoid • Consolidate the language ability • Lead carefully to write correctly for each genre (a passage, a speech, a letter ) • Encourage and make students interested in writing • …  . free writing tasks Examples of free writing tasks • Writing a deliberating passage • Writing a speech • Writing a story • Writing a letter • Exchange writings. Productive Receptive Understanding Speaking Productive Skills Reading Skills Reading Writing Writing skills skills Written language Written language Questions