TSL 3107

TEACHING OF WRITING SKILLS

IN THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOM

TASK 1 GRAPHIC ORGANISER

APPROACHES TO
TEACHING WRITING

Product
Approach

1|

Process
Approach

Genre
Approach

TSL 3107
TEACHING OF WRITING SKILLS
IN THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOM

Product
Approach

Traditional
behaviourist
approach

Organisation of
ideas is important

Learners imitate/
copy writing model

Emphases on end
product

Process
Approach

2|
Text as a resource
for comparison

Control practice of
focus language
structures

TSL 3107
TEACHING OF WRITING SKILLS
IN THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOM

Four common stages:

-Pre writing
-Writing
-Revising
-Evaluation

Focus on purpose,
theme, text type

Collaborative

More global

Emphasis on
creative process

Genre
Approach
3|

Emphasize that
writing
Learners study
text varies with
the social context.

Influenced by other
features of the
situation

Can
Writing
be regarded
as
as
predominantly
an extension of
linguistic
product approach