WRITING SKILL

Welcome The Teachers to The Training Class!
Which skill ?

WRITING SKILL
Aim: To share our problems to raise effect in the writing skill lesson
Question for Sharing

Do you enjoy teaching writing? Why? Why not?
Problems in getting learners to write in the classroom
Not to understand things what they will write about;
Nothing to write;
(vocabulary, idea, grammar)
Not enough time;
.Work in groups: Low or uneven participation
What does a teacher do to improve the learners’ problems ?
What are the typical mistakes
a teacher might get ?
- Not to get students to think about the topic or situation; to collect all their idea, language focus (vocabulary, grammar) before writing about it (not perfectly).
- Not to set up a pre task;
- Not to give clear instructions, not check;
- Not to give suitable framework/ outline;
- Give tasks without helpful cues;
- Not to do a lot of assisting weaker students.
Things that a teacher does to improve the learners’ problems

To set up a pre – task (doesn’t talk about what the students must do, instead shows them what/ how to do by giving a demonstration with suitable framework/ outline/ helpful cues);
To give clear instructions (KISS: keep it short and simple) and check them;
To care all students, especially, do a lot of assisting weaker students; to hold classroom in effective working.
To teach Ss: When they do not understand something, they should ask their teacher, they shouldn’t stay silent.
The stages in teaching of writing skill
Controlled writing

Guided writing

Free writing
Examples of controlled writing tasks
Jigsaw sentences
Copying with corrections
Find and copy
Dictation
Sentence combining
Transformation
Gap-fill
Examples of guided writing tasks
Picture description
Picture stories
Summary
Half dialogues
Story completion
Substitution boxes
Questions and answers
Examples of free writing tasks
Write it up
Brainstorming
Recall
Composition
Question for sharing

What type of writing techniques do you do with your students?
Pre-writing Techniques
Using a drill
Using a listening text
Using a reading text
Using a survey
Using picture dictation
While-writing Techniques
- Transformation
- Substitution tables
- Substitution boxes
- Gap-fill
- Questions and answers
- Ordering
Post-writing Techniques
- Correction (Ss correct and re-draft their texts)
- Sharing and comparing (Sharing when they write texts based on different topics; comparing when they write texts based on the same topics).
- Exhibition (Ss share, compare, admire, pick a winner, copy others…)
Examples of writing tests
Write about Ba’s day, using the cues below (2.5pts)


. get up at 6.00
. go to school at 7.00
. play soccer afternoon
. do homework in the evening
. go to bed at 11.00 pm
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Write a passage (about 50 words) about your parents, using the following suggestions
My father…………………………………………………………………………
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My mother ………………………………………………………………………
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Write a passage (about 60 words) about your school, using the following suggestion
Name
Address
Number of classes, students and teachers
Buildings and facilities
Surrounding
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Write a letter to your friend, telling her/him about your vacation, using the following suggestion
Date of writing and address
Opening of the letter
Main body of the letter
- The place of vacation
- The weather
- The plans your vacation (places of interest)
Ending of the letter
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Thank you !