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Writing Competency Development for EFL Learners
Presenter:
Larry M. Lynch, Ed.S., TESOL Universidad Santiago de Cali
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Larry_M._Lynch Blog: http://bettereflteacher.blogspot.com/
We Need Competent Writing Skills
• Teachers and students BOTH need to develop competent writing skills:
• Education • Employment • Communication • Personal Growth • Advancement
Why Write? Why Read? "You've got to love
libraries. You've got to love books. You've got to love poetry. You've got to love everything about literature. Then, you can pick the one thing you love most and write about it."
Ray Bradbury
Writing: A Difficult Gift
"To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author."
Charles Caleb Colton
Writing Competency Development
Writing should have meaning, express thoughts and ideas, not just be “pretty”
WHY PUBLISH?
ORGANIZATION OF THEMATIC POINTS
RECOGNITION
PROFESSIONAL
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS
SHARE TECHNIQUES
DOCUMENT PROGRESS and
CHANGES
CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES
SHARE KNOWLEDGE
PERSONAL CHALLENGE
TO WRITE
TO RESEARCH
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS
EXPRESS YOUR IDEAS & OPINIONS
ACADEMICCOMPENSATION
FINANCIAL
THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
Some Keys to Competent Writing:• Analyze the Topic
Question • Outline the draft • Use an organized
format• Use relevant quotes
and references • Input personal
experience • Answer each part of
the topic question
Writing can be done as a ... PRODUCT:
• Product - based• PPP• TBL Model seen
before
(Fowler, 1988)
PROCESS: • Process – based• TBL model seen after• Students work together• Do it again (improve)• Exchange each other's
work• Content• Communicative
potential (White, 1987)
The Five Paragraph Essay• INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH Gives introductory and thesis statements • FIRST SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH Presents first supporting idea • SECOND SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH Presents second supporting idea• THIRD SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH Presents third supporting idea• CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH Gives closing statement and restates thesis
Five-Paragraph Essay: A Case Study
“The Hazards of Movie-Going” by John Langan
• Structure • Content • Format • Outline
Now, Your Favorite Parts: • PFI Teacher assignment for session 2: Reading and Comprehension Development
• Prepare a reading and comprehension workshop based on a reading from the Red book 1 or Blue book 2 of Interchange. Each teacher must prepare a DIFFERENT reading unit
• Send your work by e-mail to the Instructor at: [email protected]
• PFI Teacher assignment for session 3: Writing Competency Development
• Write a referenced, academic essay on a topic to be assigned by the Instructor
• Use an expanded Five-Paragraph Essay format (three pages or 1000 words max.)
• Send in your completed essay by e-mail to the Instructor at:
[email protected] • Assignment due dates to be announced • The BEST essays will be published!
Thank you PFI Teachers!
Writing Competency Development for EFL Learners
Presenter:
Larry M. Lynch, Ed.S., TESOL Universidad Santiago de Cali
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Larry_M._Lynch Blog: http://bettereflteacher.blogspot.com/