Teaching Writing

Why is writing similar to swimming?

• They both demand a piece of paper.

• You need a pool for both activities.

• They're both specific, learned behaviors.

• There's a need to write when you're in the ocean.

Communicative language teaching gathered momentum in the...

• 1920's

• 1950's

• 1970's

• 1980's

Some people believe that writing is very similar to speaking. This notion is false because...

• Speaking doesn't come as naturally as writing.

• Writing requires an entirely different set of competencies and is fundamentally different from speaking.

• Speaking is a productive skill and writing is not.

• One uses oral communication and the other one graphemes.

One characteristic from the process approach is...

• It focuses on the final product.

• What matters the most is the genre.

• Let students discover what they want to say as they write.

• Allow writers to skip as many steps as possible.

There needs to be a ________ between the process and the product.

• mistake

• module

• need

• balance

This is an example of patterns of written discourse according to Kaplan (1966)

• Formal

• Informal

• Fiction

• Romance

It's important to understand learners _____, and not trying to erradicate it.

• food

• drinks

• passport

• schemata

The are no differences between L1 and L2 writing.

• True

• False

What is real writing according to Ann Raimes?

• Is writing when you need to read up to three times in order to understand.

• Is writing when the information is all about answering a quiz.

• Is writing when the reader doesn't know the answer and genuinely wants information.

• Is writing when the speaker doesn't know the answer and genuinely wants information.

What's the role of the teacher in the writing process?

• A facilitator. The teacher offers guidance in helping students to engage in the thinking process of composing but, in a spirit of respect for student opinion, must not impose his or her own thoughts on student writing.

• A lier. The teacher offers lies in helping students to engage in the thinking process of composing and, in a spirit of 0 respect for student opinion, must impose his or her own thoughts on student writing.

• A passive role. The teacher doesn't offer guidance in helping students to engage in the thinking process of composing. With no spirit of respect for student opinion, imposes his or her own thoughts on student writing.

• A friend. The teacher offers gossip to engage in the thinking process of composing and, in a spirit of no respect for student opinion, and imposes his or her own thoughts on student writing.