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Techniques For Teaching Writing Skills

This document discusses techniques for teaching writing skills using pictures and practical writing. It provides examples of using pictures in the classroom such as having students describe or compare pictures. It also discusses using diagrams, maps, tables and other visual aids to generate writing prompts. The document then covers techniques for practical writing assignments such as writing forms, letters, lists, notes and instructions. It provides sample tasks for each type of practical writing assignment to help students develop their writing skills.

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Techniques For Teaching Writing Skills

This document discusses techniques for teaching writing skills using pictures and practical writing. It provides examples of using pictures in the classroom such as having students describe or compare pictures. It also discusses using diagrams, maps, tables and other visual aids to generate writing prompts. The document then covers techniques for practical writing assignments such as writing forms, letters, lists, notes and instructions. It provides sample tasks for each type of practical writing assignment to help students develop their writing skills.

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TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING WRITING SKILLS

Pictures Prepared by: Readings Najihah Farhanah bt Hamzah All language skills Siti Atiqah bt Md Zulkifli Nurul Jannah bt Zubaidi Teaching Practical Writing

Why Pictures Can Be as Valuable Resources?


A shared experience in the classroom A need for common language forms to use in the classroom A variety of tasks A focus of interest for students

General Strategies for Using Any Pictures

Whole-class discussion
Provide a student audience for student writers
Different pictures frees you from the necessity of obtaining the class a sets of them

Real communicative tasks with students provide the pictures themselves. Dont limit classroom work with what pupils can see in the pictures only

One Picture A Sequence of Tasks


One Picture Many Different Techniques

Maps
TECHNIQUES IN USING PICTURES

Diagrams, Tables, Graphs & Charts

Picture Sets

One Picture Many Different Techniques


Description, Comparison & Contrast Paragraph Assembly

Description

Controlled Composition/ Guided Composition

Sentence Combining
Questions & Answers

Beyond the Picture


Paragraph Completion

Role-play

One Picture A Sequence of Tasks


Task 1: In groups, students discuss the answer to the question: What is happening in the picture?. They write down words & phrases that they use. The groups compare their results. Task 2: In groups, students discuss the answers to such questions: How old are the two people getting married? Do their parents want them to get married? What jobs do the two people have? Will the couple have children? When? How many? Have you ever been to a wedding? Was it like this one? The groups report the whole class the results of the discussion. Teacher writes necessary vocabulary words & idioms on the board.

Picture Sets

Diagrams, tables, graphs & charts

Give each student in a pair a table. Students can make comparisons based on the tables given. Give students a model of a family tree. Ask students to draw as much as they can of their family tree.

Maps
In pairs, given a map. One students write questions based on the map. The other students write the answers. Both partners role-play the dialogue they have created.

Forms

Instructions

TECHNIQUES IN USING PRACTICAL WRITING

Letters

Daily Notes

Lists

FORMS
Useful to be able to fill out a form in another language. Opportunity to transfer information from one format to another. Varying the form allows for practice in forming re-forming concepts in the new language.

Examples: 1) Forms & Interviews In pairs, they interview each other & then transfer the information they receive onto a form.
2) Forms & readings Based on a reading passage, students extract the necessary information to fill out a form. 3) Survey forms In small groups, students discuss & draw up a questionnaire that aims at discovering attitudes other students might have towards controversial issues.

LETTERS
Letters are one of the most widespread forms of written communication. A chance to deal with a variety of forms & functions that are an essential part of language mastery.

Purposes of writing letters:


-To invite - To explain - To apologize -To commiserate - To congratulate -To complain - To inquire -To order - To apply -To acknowledge To thank

LISTS
People write lists to help them remember what to do. Examples of lists: Shopping lists Lists of invited people Lists of things to do tomorrow

LISTS: EXAMPLES Students brainstorm & write down what


they would take for hiking in the mountains.

DAILY NOTES
Many people keep daily notebooks @ journals. Students write record of the events of the day @ ideas about those events. Increase their fluency.

Ask students to keep special notebook & write in English. Check periodically to see that the students are doing it. Ask students to choose one of their personal writing to develop into a composition. Ask students to write a summary of what happened in the class in their notebooks. In 10 minutes, let students write on any topic. Encourage them to read aloud. Begins with an emphasis on writing for communication of ideas.

DAILY NOTES: EXAMPLES

INSTRUCTION S to: We write instructions


Tell friends how to find our house How to water our plants Feed our goldfish A recipe for a friend How to avoid being homesick

INSTRUCTIONS EXAMPLES 1) Interview each other to find out what the other
person knows how to do. The other person writes the steps/procedures then write the instructions in full sentences. 2) Students write instructions for each other as how to get form the school to their home.

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