Prepared by:
Iqbal Syahmi bin Sabin
• Materials are used to assist students
in their writing process, as well as to
assist the teacher to teach the
targeted skills or format in writing.
There are a few criteria that should be taken
account in when choosing materials for
writing tasks, some of the are;
• The correlation of it with the objective
of the lesson
• Quality of the material
• Relevant to students needs
• Able to pique students' interest
• The selected material should be able to
assist the teacher and student in achieving
the objective of the teaching and learning
process
• No correlation means that the
material is not effective
• Quality is important for the material to be
fully viable for the student to follow and
refer to
• Material with grammar mistakes or
other errors that comes with it might
get students into imitating it, and
question the teacher's capability.
• Relevance concerns the information that is
provided by the material for the students'
learning
• The level of the material should
suit the students in terms of their
proficiency and age-
appropriateness of the content
• This concerns the attractiveness of the
material for the student to get pulled in to
the learning process
• A creative, colourful, and easily
understandable material may
increase students' interest in
referring to the material
Material chosen for writing tasks
should be;
• Correlated with the objective of the
lesson
• Have good quality
• Relevant to students needs
• Able to pique students' interest
Choosing Materials for Writing Tasks

Choosing Materials for Writing Tasks

  • 1.
  • 2.
    • Materials areused to assist students in their writing process, as well as to assist the teacher to teach the targeted skills or format in writing.
  • 3.
    There are afew criteria that should be taken account in when choosing materials for writing tasks, some of the are; • The correlation of it with the objective of the lesson • Quality of the material • Relevant to students needs • Able to pique students' interest
  • 4.
    • The selectedmaterial should be able to assist the teacher and student in achieving the objective of the teaching and learning process • No correlation means that the material is not effective
  • 5.
    • Quality isimportant for the material to be fully viable for the student to follow and refer to • Material with grammar mistakes or other errors that comes with it might get students into imitating it, and question the teacher's capability.
  • 6.
    • Relevance concernsthe information that is provided by the material for the students' learning • The level of the material should suit the students in terms of their proficiency and age- appropriateness of the content
  • 7.
    • This concernsthe attractiveness of the material for the student to get pulled in to the learning process • A creative, colourful, and easily understandable material may increase students' interest in referring to the material
  • 8.
    Material chosen forwriting tasks should be; • Correlated with the objective of the lesson • Have good quality • Relevant to students needs • Able to pique students' interest