Teaching Writing

Question 1

Approach to Writing

Answer 1

Product-oriented approach : model text, final product, one draft
Process-oriented approach : revise, multiple drafts, feedback

Question 2

Types of Writing

Answer 2

Display writing : to display one’s knowledge; purpose of an assessment
Real writing : to have genuine comminication with the reader
Imitative writing
Intensive(controlled) writing : ex) cloze
Responsive writing
Extensive writing

Question 3

Writing Activites

Answer 3

Dictogloss : learner autonomy, integrative skills, cooperative learing
Dicto-comp
Dialogue journals
Story recostruction activity

Question 4

Chracteristics of Written lgg

Answer 4

Orthography
Complexity
Vocabulary
Formality
Distance
Processing time
Permanence

Question 5

Discourse competence

Answer 5

Cohesion : lexical and grammatical links b/w sentences;discourse markers, linking words, cohesive devices
Coherence : semantic relationship, have a single focus

Question 7

Other issues related to WT

Answer 7

1) Genre-based instruction : focus on discourse features of various genres; especially appropriate in ESL situation
2) Rhetorical Structures
- contrastive rhetoric : compare diff cultural thought patterns
- intercultural rhetoric : focus on the role of culture in writing ; usually implemented through inquiry-based learning