Teaching Writing

M. Supervised by: Dr. Mustafa Kurt

Presented by: Abdurrahman Abdalla

Fall 2014/2015

Table of contents

Why teaching writing?

What kind of writing should students do?

How should teachers correct writing ?

What can be done about handwriting?

What is the importance of feedback?

What is process writing? What stages are there in a process approach to writing?Writing as communication

How teach students to write better?Some writing suggestions for students in various levelsReferences

Why teaching writing?

ReinforcementLanguage DevelopmentLearning Style

Writing as a skill

4 Reasons

What kind of writing should students do?

There is no limit of topics that we can ask

students to write about, but the tasks must be

chosen according to their abilities, interest,

what we think is useful for them and also

motivate them as well.

Harmer, J., (2001(

How should teachers correct writing ?

Particular pieces

written symbols

What can be done about handwriting?

What is the importance of feedback?

What is process writing?

In process writing, the teacher moves away from being a marker to a reader, responding to the content of student writing more than the form. Students should be encouraged to think about audience. Students also need to realize that what they put down on paper can be changed: Things can be deleted, added, restructured, reorganized, etc.

Graham Stanley, British Council, Barcelona 2003

What stages are there in a process writing?

Pre-writing

Focusing ideas

Evaluating, structuring and editing

Classroom Activities

Pre-writing

Brainstorming

Planning

Generating ideas 

Questioning

Discussion and debate

Focusing ideas

Fast writing

Group compositions

Changing viewpoints

Varying form

Evaluating, Structuring and

Editing

Ordering

Self-editing

Peer editing and proof-reading

Writing as communicatio

n

How teach EFL students to write better?

Reality

Reassurance

Motivation

Reflection

Some writing suggestions for students :

• Beginner and lower intermediate: Students design posters for a party or play, or

concert .• Elementary and intermediate: Students write invitations of various kinds.• Upper-intermediate and advance: Students write letters to a newspaper in

response to controversial article. • Any level: Students write a letter of application for a

job or send e-mail messages (real or simulated) to other English speakers around the world.

Conclusion

Students must be given what any writer needs, an understanding of their capacity to write, motivation, self-confidence and encouragement. They also need some response and feedback in positive and suitable way.

Thank You

Abdurrahman AbdallaFull, 2014/2015

References

• Harmer, J., (1998). How to teach English, first edition, UK, Longman.

• Harmer, J., (2001). The Practice of English Language Teaching, third

edition, London, Longman.

• Harmer, J., (2007). How to teach English, (New edition), Pearson Education ltd.

• Graham Stanley. (2003). Process Writing, British Council, Barcelona.

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/approaches-process-writing