Teaching Writing Skills

• Aug 20, 2024

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Teaching Writing Skills

লেখার দক্ষতা শিখন-শেখানো কৌশল

What is writing?

Writing can be defined as any conventional sign or system of signs that represents the pronunciation of a language. Writing makes language visible. Writing is the act of producing a continuous representation of human language. Whereas speech is short-lived, writing is concrete and relatively permanent.

Why writing is Important?

The importance of writing:

Writing is an essential skill. It brings about a lot of advantages. It helps to-

✨ express one’s personality;

✨ develop communication skills;

✨ develop thinking skill;

✨ organize one’s ideas;

✨ give a person a chance to reflect later on his or her ideas;

✨ provide and receive feedback;

✨ prepare for academic success;

✨ increase the level of confidence, and more.

Make a list of Writing activities what we do in our primary English classes.

Writing Activities from EfTs 

✨ Trace and write

✨ Write

✨ Write the missing letter to make a word

✨ Say, trace and write

✨ Count and write the numbers

✨ Write the first letter of the word for each picture

✨ Write the capital letter for each picture

✨ Say and write

✨ Copy the sentences in your exercise book

✨ Write the word under the picture

✨ Write the missing numbers

✨ Write the next numbers

✨ Write the correct word

✨ Correct the sentences and write them in your exercise book

✨ Write the question word from the box

✨ Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false

✨ Write the questions and answers in your exercise book

✨ And, more

How many stages for Speaking skills we do in our primary English classroom?

There are three stages for Writing skills we do in our primary English classroom. Those are:

Characteristics of Controlled Writings

✨ Students have no freedom to use words. They can only write a particular word or phrase or sentence.

✨ Mainly focus on repeated practice for accuracy.

✨ Guide students in using the form of target language.

✨ Teacher can scaffold.

✨ The language is controlled by the teacher.

✨The focus of the activity is on accuracy.

✨ Mistakes should be corrected.

Characteristics of Guided Writings

✨ Focuses on both accuracy and fluency.

✨ The teacher provides the language partly.

✨ Students have a little choice to create something over the language and content.

✨ Students have a lot of support with the language.

✨ Students have no choice in controlled writings but have a little choice in guided one.

Characteristics of free writing

✨ It allows students to use whatever language they wish to complete a task.

✨ Teacher doesn’t control the language that students use.

✨ The focus of the activity is on fluency, creativity, and the message of the text.

✨ Give students practice in recalling and joining together the language they know and giving them opportunities to try to interact and communicate.

✨ Students have less support with the language.