Writing skills refers to the ability to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form. Writing is one of English skills that should be mastered by the students. It belongs to productive skill in which ones are expected to communicate their ideas with others in a written form. It is suggested to create meaningful activities in order to engage students in the learning process. Writing is one of the most rewarding yet one of the most challenging skills for English Language learners. Why so? Because writing is an accuracy focused activity as well as an act of communication where one can practice their skills of using grammar, vocabulary and also put their ideas together in a coherent fashion. Through writing, students can express themselves. Writing involves processing, editing, and while writing, there is more time available to the students for thinking and accessing familiar language. Writing is a very important activity and set of skills to develop as part of your academic study.
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A classroom project is a good way to motivate students to write because it offers the opportunity to match tasks with interesting topics that are relevant to the students. In this article we offer you some specific ways that project based work can help students become active, involved participants in writing tasks. The first step of project work is describing the problem. The second step identifies the causes of the problem. The third step proposes a solution to the problem. The students should develop a draft of each part and at the end have a chance to revise and polish the complete essay. The teacher’s task is to explain the procedure and clarify questions if they arise. E.g. The stages of project work on the topic «Poverty is a global problem».
Step 1. Describing the problem. Students brainstorm to commit their initial ideas to paper. The following questions may help them to begin the process.What is your definition of poverty? What do you think about the way poverty is measured? What countries in the world are poor? What is a life of poverty like?
Students begin writing their ideas at this point. Then students divide into small groups and work together both in and out of class, to research the topic. Information can be collected from popular journals, newspapers and internet. Students can also interview their friends and ordinary citizens.
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