TEACHING WRITING

MERY ARIANSYAH

Fourth Semester of English Department

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Summary of The Tenth Meeting on June 12, 2014

TEACHING WRITING

o   Teaching writing can be one of the most difficult aspect both in Teaching English as Second Language (TESL) and Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL). Writing needs not only rich vocabulary but also excellent grammar.

o   The problems in teaching writing

1.      Grammatical writing problems. Recognize and fix gramatical errors.

2.      Stylistic writing problems. Make your writin clear and effective.

3.      Word-use writing problems. Cut down on confusing jargon, and stop using the wrong words.

4.      Punctuation problems. Learn how to use puntuation correctly.

o   Strategies for teaching writing

1.      Overall game plane

§  Choose writing object

§  Find a writing exercise that helps to focus on the specific objective

§  If possible, tie the subject matter to student needs

§  Provide feedback through correction activities that call on students to correct their own mistakes

§  Have students revise work

2.      Choose your target well

Choosing the target area depends on many factors;

§  What level are the students?

§  What is the average age of the students?

§  Why are the students learning English?

§  What should the students be able to produce at the end of this exercise? (a well written letter, basic communication of ideas, etc).

§  What is the focus of the exercise? (structure, tense usage, creative writing, etc).

3.      Remember

§  What will students be able to do after exercise?

§  Keep focus to one area of English writin skills

4.      Keeping students involved

The teacher can begin to consider how to involve the students by considering what type of activities are interesting to the studens?, will they need any of skills grammatically? Agood way to approach this is by class feedback, or brainstorming sessions.

5.      Correction

The question of which type of correction will facilitate a useful writing exercise is of utmost importance. Most importantly, by choosing the correct means of correction the teacher can encourage rather discourage students.

o   An activity which can be applied in teaching writing

·         Pre-writing

Brainstorming, planning, generating ideas, questioning, disscussion and debate.

·         Focusing ideas

Fast writing, group composition, changing view points, varyingform.

·         Evaluating, structuring, and editing

Ordering, self-editing, peer editing and proof editing.