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Guide To Teach and Test Writing Skills at B1 Level: August 2017
Guide To Teach and Test Writing Skills at B1 Level: August 2017
Guide To Teach and Test Writing Skills at B1 Level: August 2017
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Aims:
Become familiar with different tips to teach and test writing skills at B1 level.
Understand how this guide can be used to help learners improve this skill in
meaningful ways.
c) Finally, they need to know the aims of writing, which are: to inform, to
persuade, to express themselves and to be creative.
e.g.:
The availability of more supermarkets in neighbourhoods has been linked to
greater fruit and vegetable consumption.
4. Formative assessment
Make an essay question which help learners to discuss in group. While they
discuss, they should note down the main points of their discussion and cover
all the notes in the essay task.
e.g.
Essay question:
Being famous as a film star has both advantages and disadvantages. Do you
agree?
Notes
Write about:
1. Media attention
2. Lifestyle
3. …….(Your own idea)
5. Autonomous work
Learners can practice the writing skill at home in “Cambridge English Write &
Improve” site using the following link: https://writeandimprove.com/
6. Publishing
Learners can publish their writings through their blogs in the OFFICE 365.
e.g.
https://ugye.sharepoint.com/portals/personal/myrkacastilloj/_layouts/15/Poin
tPublishing.aspx?storyid=1
e.g.:
Fishbone
Honeycomb
Flowchart
e.g:
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
FACTS OPINIONS
PROS CONS
FOR AGAINST
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Also, they can help learners make connections between the text they read
and other texts or Works, their experiences, etc.
e.g.:
REFERENCES
http://www.cambridgeenglishteacher.org/
Kinneavy, J. & Warriner, J. (1993) Elements of Writing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
Inc. United States of America. ISBN 0-03-0471443