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Developing Writing Skills
Developing Writing Skills
Developing Writing Skills
Overview
What do we write? Why?
How is writing different to speaking?
Purpose, audience and genre
What sub-skills are involved?
Process and product approaches
Stages in a writing lesson
Assessment of writing
What have you written recently? Why?
Who to?
Purpose
Audience
In/formality
Text types
Emails
Letters
Stories
Poems
Guides, instructions
Lists
Notes
Applications/form-filling
Messages (inc. texts)
Why is writing difficult?
It is often formal, carefully organised
It forces students to reveal themselves: it is permanent and
public
The student must consider the audience
Ambiguity cannot be clarified: delayed feedback, if any
Absence of negotiation or communicative strategies
Script (for non-Romance language students)
Writing sub-skills
Script
Spelling
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Organisation
Coherence/cohesion
Style
Process and Product approaches
Stages in a process approach
1. Introduction: create motivation and interest via visuals,
texts, discussion