Unit 6 WRITING

WRITING

Writing is a skill with which we can express our feelings and thoutghs and as well as speaking is a productive skill and basically it is based on producing language it involves communicating a message. There are many text types it means different kinds of writings, also in writing we can find different degrees of formality; different layouts.

In this unit I have learned that at the moment of writing we have to consider some aspects like for example the levels of complexity of grammar, the register and also the range of vocabulary. Writing also has subskills and they are related to accuracy. Those subskills help us to develop spelling, forming letters, joining letters, writing legibly, punctuating correctly, using layouts and using paragraphs.

For students writing is one of the most difficult things into a second language, since the product must have cohesion, information organized in a logical way and topics sentences into the paragraphs; we as teachers have to help students to develop the writing skill using some approaches. One approach that we can use into a class is the PROCESS APPROACH, as it says it follows a process or stages of writing.

*Prewriting

*Drafting

*Revising

*Editing

I have learned that also we as teachers can encourage writing accuracy in by using students by using also some activities such as gap-filling, sentence transformation, putting punctuation exercises and correcting errors activities. Furthermore, is very important to know how correct writing, so that students do not miss motivation for learning.  Writing involves carrying out several steps which each lead in to the next one and aim to improve the quality of the final product. 

References: 

• ·     C Salmon, IB Fernández - 2010 – Storytelling: la máquina de fabricar historias y formatear las mentes.
• ·         AEL Martínez, RE Zarazaga, MJR Parra - Psicothema, 2000 – Estrategias Activas de Aprendizaje.