How to teach writing in English تدريس الكتابة في اللغة الإنجليزية عبدالرحمن نصير عبدالله جامعة الشرق الادنى قبرص الشمالية

1. Teaching Writing
M. Supervised by: Dr. Mustafa Kurt
Presented by: Abdurrahman Abdalla
Fall 2014/2015

2. Table of contents
Why teaching writing?
What kind of writing should students do?
How should teachers correct writing ?
What can be done about handwriting?
What is the importance of feedback?
What is process writing?
What stages are there in a process approach to writing?
Writing as communication
How teach students to write better?
Some writing suggestions for students in various levels
References

6. There is no limit of topics that we can ask
students to write about, but the tasks must be
chosen according to their abilities, interest,
what we think is useful for them and also
motivate them as well.
Harmer, J., (2001(

11. In process writing, the teacher moves
away from being a marker to a reader,
responding to the content of student writing
more than the form. Students should be
encouraged to think about audience. Students
also need to realize that what they put down on
paper can be changed: Things can be deleted,
added, restructured, reorganized, etc.
Graham Stanley, British Council, Barcelona 2003

15. Pre-writing

16. Focusing
ideas

17. Evaluating, Structuring
and Editing

21. Some writing suggestions for
students :
• Beginner and lower intermediate:
Students design posters for a party or play, or concert .
• Elementary and intermediate:
Students write invitations of various kinds.
• Upper-intermediate and advance:
Students write letters to a newspaper in response to
controversial article.
• Any level:
Students write a letter of application for a job or send
e-mail messages (real or simulated) to other English
speakers around the world.

24. References
• Harmer, J., (1998). How to teach English, first edition, UK, Longman.
• Harmer, J., (2001). The Practice of English Language Teaching, third
edition, London, Longman.
• Harmer, J., (2007). How to teach English, (New edition), Pearson Education ltd.
• Graham Stanley. (2003). Process Writing, British Council, Barcelona.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/approaches-process-writing