Teaching and developing writing skills
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Teaching and developing writing skills
（Cambridge handbooks for language teachers / general editor, Michael Swan）
Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A research-informed and very practical handbook, which provides a wealth of ideas and activities to practise and develop writing skills. Organised around writing contexts that generate different genres, it covers all language levels from A1 to C2 and includes a focus on writing for exams, academic purposes and the workplace. This book is for anyone who wants to support their learners, at whatever level, to develop their writing skills. It contains a comprehensive introduction which provides an overview of approaches in teaching writing, managing writing lessons, and giving feedback, and provides a clear rationale for the organisation and activities in the book. The book contains over 100 practical ideas which practise and develop writing skills. It encompasses a wide range of activities associated with an extensive range of genres commonly focused on in English language classrooms.
Table of Contents
1 Writing about yourself and other people Example genres: class profiles, introductory email (e.g. to homestay family), business CV, job application, online work profile, descriptions of people, family history, childhood experiences 2 Writing to people you know Example genres: invitations, personal catch up, announcing news, congratulations, asking for help/favours, asking for and responding to advice 3 Writing to share ideas and opinions Example genres: blog post explaining your opinion on a topic, reacting to news, reviewing something you've seen/heard/read/eaten, email/letter to editor, discursive essays 4 Writing to get something done Example genres: request for information, enquiry, reply to enquiry, making bookings, complaints, giving feedback on product/service, 5 Writing expressively Example genres: fictional stories, personal experiences, poems, character profiles 6 Writing for academic contexts Example genres: essays, reports, description of data in graphs/charts, paraphrase, summary, references 7 Writing for business Example genres: reports, proposals, summaries, presentation slides 8 Teacher Development Background reading for discussion, suggestions for action research, approaches to giving students feedback, suggestions for standardizing the assessment of student writing.
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