End: 31/03/26
How will the course help you?
By the end of How to teach writing, you'll be able to:
- describe what's involved in the skill of writing
- produce a process-writing framework
- analyse what makes writing activities effective.
How can you enrol on the course?
Register for a free TeachingEnglish account or log in to your account.
Enrol on this free course
What does the course include?
- Self-study modules that you can access at any time before the course closes
- A certificate of achievement on successful completion of the self-study modules
- A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
- A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
- Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
- Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube
What are the self-study modules?
- Module 1 – Understanding writing
The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of the skill of writing and what's involved in the process. During this module you'll learn through doing; you'll need to write so that you can analyse and understand the process. Be prepared with a notepad and pen, or an online document to write on.
- Module 2 – Engaging with writing – process writing
The aim of this module is to provide a process writing framework for use with learners in the classroom. The module identifies pre-writing techniques and provides practical knowledge of drafting, editing and publishing of written work. You'll have the opportunity to produce a piece of writing using a process writing framework.
- Module 3 – Engaging with writing – activities
The aim of this module is to analyse what makes writing activities effective and to give practice in preparing them. The module identifies sub-skills that lead to good writing. You'll evaluate whether activities focus on accuracy of language or communication of meaning, and also consider how to select appropriate methodology and resources for introducing and practising specific areas of writing.
Course reviews
What have other teachers said about how How to teach writing helped them?
"Before this course, I don't spend much time for idea generation in my writing classes. After the course, I have learned that generating ideas before the students start their writing can help them to motivate and have fun in their writing process. So I planned many activities for generating ideas and my classes become more engaging."
Course participant, Myanmar
"I used to teach writing by using only an example of diary, letter or story. Now I know many other ways of how to teach writing and will use it on my lessons."
Course participant, Kazakhstan
"I have better understood the difference between product and process writing and I have included the "generating ideas" activities in my lesson plan as a strategy for team work"
Course participant, Colombia
Comments
Course dates
Hi billaswad1975
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Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Course registration
Hi billasad1975
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Cath
TeachingEnglish team
About the date
When will this course reopen again? I really hope I can join it>
Dates
Hi sunnyyysime
We don't have a definite date for this course yet, but please keep checking back on our training page to find out when it will run again. You can also keep up to date on our other courses / events by subscribing to our newsletter here:
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Cath
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No access to course webpage
Each time I try to access the course web page it says that it’s not private and prompts to go back
Course access
Hi Neesa
This course finished on 5th June so is no longer available I'm afraid. Please let us know if you are having problems accessing other courses.
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
I haven't finished it
Guys... I'm disappointed and lost because I was busy I couldn't finish the course before June 5th.... I've finished part 1 in Module 2... 😢 can you help me?
Course access
Hi Mohammed
Sorry you didn't have time to finish the course. Unfortunately once the course is closed it is not possible to re-open it. We hope to run the course again later this year or early next year. You can keep up to date with all our latest courses, news and resources by subscribing to our newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Course access
Hi Mohammed
Sorry you didn't have time to finish the course. Unfortunately once the course is closed it is not possible to re-open it. We hope to run the course again later this year or early next year. You can keep up to date with all our latest courses, news and resources by subscribing to our newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter
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Cath
TeachingEnglish team
I want to learn how I teach…
I want to learn how I teach learning
Courses
Hi Mamiro
This course focuses specifically on teaching writing - you can see all of our courses currently available on the courses website here: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes You need to have a TeachingEnglish account and be logged in to access this page.
Hope that helps,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
How to enrol for the Teaching Writing skills course
I can't see where how to enrol - I know the instructions are written above, but there is no button for 'enrol'? Please help!
Thank you
Kelsie
Course access
Hi Kelsie
The enrol button is on the courses website - to access it you need to register for the course following these instructions:
How do I sign up for the course?
- STEP 1: Click or tap Create a free account or log in to your existing account. You need to be logged in to visit the course website.
- STEP 2: After you have logged in, click or tap to visit our course website to see all available courses.
- STEP 3: Enrol on your free course
- STEP 4: Start learning when the course begins.
Are you able to click on the link in Step 2? if so, you will be able to see a list of all our available courses and you just need to click the "Click to enrol in activity" button.
Let us know if you are still having problems.
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
I've already enrolled before…
I've already enrolled before, but i don't know how to continue the course
Course access
Hi noha777
Please follow the instructions above under: "How do I access the course after I've enrolled?"
If you are still having problems, just let us know.
Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Hi! In my case, when I click…
Hi! In my case, when I click "My portfolio - My courses" it just shows me my profile and I don't see the course I enrolled.
Course access
Hi Edson
In this case, you need to log out of your TeachingEnglish account, clear the cache on your browser, then log in again. That should resolve the issue. Please let us know if you are still having problems.
Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
Course access
Hi inashilal
You can find the instructions above - here they are again:
How do I sign up for the course?
- STEP 1: Click or tap Create a free account or log in to your existing account. You need to be logged in to visit the course website.
- STEP 2: After you have logged in, click or tap to visit our course website to see all available courses.
- STEP 3: Enrol on your free course
- STEP 4: Start learning when the course begins
Please let us know if you are still having problems.
Cath
TeachingEnglish team
I want to join this course. please tell me what should I do