2. About us and the topic we
chose:
Susan Joyce, American, published author-book
writer, publisher for Peel Productions, Inc.
“ Information
+ Imagination
_______________________
GREAT CREATION”
Gabriela Gaione, Uruguayan, EFL teacher, amateur
writer
“Writing comes from the soul”
4. Why improve writing in EFL?
Evidence indicates that Ss are not getting good results
in the writing skill- hence INSPECCIÓN de INGLÉS
suggested this topic was critical this year
It is a requirement in all EFL syllabi
It is an academic and social need
It is a market labor need
It is an integral part of a whole education
12. Non linguistic knowledge
that we use for writing - Grabe and
Kaplan
reference
world background knowledge
memory
emotion
perception
intention
logical arrangement
situation
13. A model of text structure -Grabe and
Kaplan 1996
Fig 3.1 text structure
SURFACE L DEEP
Sentential syntax E semantic
X
I
textual cohesion C coherence
O
N
15. P92 4.1 Flower and Hayes- - - - writing process model
T ask envir onment
T he rhetor ical problem T ext pr oduced so far
G T opic
E Audience
N
exigency
E
R
A Planning translation Reviewing
T Or ganizing Evaluating
I Goal setting Editing
N
G
19. RSVP- How to respond to SS’ writing
TESOL tips
Comments on the margin on content
Questions in the margin on content
Sum-up comments at the end of the composition
Include good news
Be short
Focus on one or two- taught aspects
Conference
Include peer advice
Use correction codes
Share criteria and if possible create rubrics with your
students before the writing takes place-
20. Some TESOL strategies for successful
writing-
Copying
Dictation
Dictocomp
Note- taking
Speed writing
In – class essays
Form filling
25. P 38 Grabe and Kaplan
Some questions to reflect upon:
What is a text?
How may texts be examined as product?
How may texts be analyzed as process?
How may product and process be viewed as
reflecting an Interactive model?
How do process and product issues embed
themselves within a coherent interpretation of wider
social contexts for writing?
What types of texts do we want learners to produce?
What do these issues suggest for writing instruction
in the classroom?
27. Bibliography & LINKS
Grabe, W. & Kaplan, R.B. Theory and Practice of Writing- An Applied
Linguistics Perspective -1996 -Longman
Scarpa, S. Cursos de Sensibilización para Docentes del Plan 1996
Febrero Marzo 2001- Cuadernos de la ANEP
Snow, D. More than a Native Speaker- Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages, Inc-2006
Tribble, C. Writing 1996 Oxford University Press –
Ur, P.A Course in Language Teaching 1999 Cambridge University
Press
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