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Articles on writing How do you approach writing in the classroom? Read our writers' ideas and add your own comments. |
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Class journalsStudents often write in their English classes, following a specific genre in order to do so: the informal email; a job application letter, etc. Of course, it is important that they learn this kind of writing (which is usually essential for exam success), but it doesn’t always encourage them to write for the sake of writing, and to get used to writing in a more relaxed and creative way. |
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Planning a writing lessonWriting, unlike speaking, is not an ability we acquire naturally, even in our first language - it has to be taught. Unless L2 learners are explicitly taught how to write in the new language, their writing skills are likely to get left behind as their speaking progresses. |
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Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. |
Making writing communicativeWriting, like all other aspects of language, is communicative. Think about what we write in real life. We write e-mails, lists, notes, covering letters, reports, curriculums, assignments, essays perhaps if we study. |
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Encouraging peer responseSome time ago, I wrote an article about different ways of responding to your students' written work. This present article builds on those ideas and gives suggestions for how students can respond to each other's writings. |
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Using mind maps to develop writingMind maps can be used for a multitude of purposes. This article outlines how they can effectively be used to help support and develop students' writing skills. |
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Writing and elementary learnersThis article is about bringing some energy and excitement to the process of writing in the classroom. It's about how to create a writing environment that is 'authentic,' and purposeful. |
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Responding to contentThis article explores how you can encourage your students to focus on content in their writing and gives ideas for how to respond to it. |
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Approaches to process writingIt is a myth that all it takes to write is to sit down in front of a blank page, to begin at the beginning and write through to the end, with no planning, break, editing, or changes in between. |
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Class journalsStudents often write in their English classes, following a specific genre in order to do so: the informal email; a job application letter, etc. Of course, it is important that they learn this kind of writing (which is usually essential for exam success), but it doesn’t always encourage them to write for the sake of writing, and to get used to writing in a more relaxed and creative way. |
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Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. |
Encouraging peer responseSome time ago, I wrote an article about different ways of responding to your students' written work. This present article builds on those ideas and gives suggestions for how students can respond to each other's writings. |
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How to approach discursive writingSince writing is primarily about organising information and communicating meaning, generating ideas is clearly going to be a crucial part of the writing process. |
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Creative writing for language learners (and teachers)Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts which have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. |
Learner diariesWhen teaching large classes of students year after year it can become very difficult to see each student as an individual with individual needs and abilities. |
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Product and process writing: A comparisonThere are several ways to approach writing in the classroom. It should be said at the beginning that there is not necessarily any 'right' or 'best' way to teach writing skills. |
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Writing and elementary learnersThis article is about bringing some energy and excitement to the process of writing in the classroom. It's about how to create a writing environment that is 'authentic,' and purposeful. |
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Approaches to process writingIt is a myth that all it takes to write is to sit down in front of a blank page, to begin at the beginning and write through to the end, with no planning, break, editing, or changes in between. |
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barbara.phippen
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Thank you for some very practical tips. I like your suggestion that the tutor waits...
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vijaya
India
Very good idea. I realised how many metaphors we use in everyday language without being...
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Silvio Pilone
Italy
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