英语教学法教程十二单元Teaching Writing

1、Unit 12 Teaching Writing,Unit 12 Teaching Writing,Aims of the unit 1.What,why and how do we write? 2.A communicative approach to write 3.Problems in writing tasks in existing textbooks and classroom teaching 4.Apross approach to writing 5.Motivating writing tasks 6.Designing writing tasks 7.Writing

2、through the Internet,12.1 What, why and how do we write?,Q: What do we write? As: Writing is a real-life reality letters, journals, notes, instructions, posters, essays, reports, menus, filling in forms, answering questionnaires and similar tasks,Q :How do we write? As :Both collaborative and solita

3、ry Interactive or collaborative writing: project work, poster, etc Solitary writing: some never put down a word before rehearsing the sentence many times in their minds; others write down anything that comes to their mind before they start drafting and then do a lot of editing and proof-reading,Q :W

4、hy do we write?,As :We write for various reasons: to convey messages, keep a record of what is in our mind raise awareness of how language works help Ss become more familiar with the linguistic and social conventions of writing in English,Writing in English teaching classroom VS writing in reality W

5、riting in English teaching classroom: First, it is a means to consolidate language that is recently studied. Ss write from others ideas; be seen as language learning; personal experiences cannot contribute to the given topic; This is pseudowriting.,Second, the teacher gives a topic or a selection of

6、 topics, a set of requirements, and a time limit. The Ss work is evaluated based on accuracy of the final product. The process is virtually ignored.,Writing in reality: First: most writing is for communication, convey messages or for self creation (such as poems),Second: have some ideas long before

7、we put them on paper; often plan, draft, and rewrite In a word, we should: advocate authentic writing advocate the process approach to writing make Ss want to write in the first place, then teach them how to write,12.2 A communicative approach to writing Writing for consolidating language Writing fo

8、r communication Ss in some act of communication Writing for a specific recipient (e.g. writing a letter to a friend or parent) An intended audience In short, Ss can be motivated by authentic writing tasks that have some communicative elements. C. Between “writing for learning” 2.Help Ss understand t

9、heir own composing process; 3.Help Ss build repertoires of strategies for prewriting, drafting, and rewriting; 4.Give Ss time to write and rewrite; 5.Place central importance on the process of revision; 6.Let ss discover what they want to say as they write; 7.Give ss feedback throughout the composin

10、g process to consider as they attempt to bring their expression closer and closer to intention; 8.Encourage feedback both from the instructor and peers; 9.Include individual conferences between T and S during the process of composition.,The procedures of process writing 1.Creating a motivation to wr

11、ite; 2.Brainstorming; 3.Mapping; 4.Free writing; 5.Outlining; 6.Drafting; 7.Editing; 8.Revising; 9.Proofreading; 10.Conferencing.,Stage 1. creating a motivation to wrrite Only when Ss have a clear purpose or reason to write, will they feel motivated to write. T should try to create a reason for Ss t

12、o write, make them feel interested and have things to say. The topic for writing should be familiar, meaningful BBS; Moodle,In an E-mail based writing scheme, the Ss can not only send their writing to the T, but send their work to each other simultaneously. An individual S can receive comments from

13、all peers. Ss have a feeling of real-time writing. Ss writing an E-mail for the purpose of sharing ideas with their T or classmates. Ss can paste their assignments on the blog or BBS. It can motivate Ss to write and give a sense of communication through writing.,12.8 Conclusion Two approaches to writing: the communicative approach and the process approach, are expected to be integrated in teaching. The teaching of writing should focus on the process rather than the product, and all the writing tasks