Unit 6- Writing

"I've always disliked words like 'inspiration.' Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem or an engineer about an engineering problem."
( Doris Lassing, novelist)

                Writing skill is one of the two productive skills and a challenging one for many people. This unit helped me to remember some definitions of some very used and important terms that are within this skill. There are many things we have to take into account before star to write like formality, layout -which is structuring the text-, the complexity of grammar, register etc, all depends on to whom the piece of writing is going to be addressed. As many students are not accustomed to write, they will find it difficult to master it and this process will time much time. That is the reason why we as teachers must show them the stages of writing or the steps they have to follow. It is also important to encourage students to write, bring enjoyable activities with pictures or a model to follow, so, in that way they will have a guide to start writing.

Below there is a video with some tips to improve our writing:

References

•  Nordquist R.. (2015). What is writing? -quotation-. April 25,2015, from About Education website : http://grammar.about.com/od/advicefromthepros/a/WhatIsWriting.htm
• Engvid.com (January 30, 2012) 5 tips to improve your writing (video). Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgkRoYPLhts
• ericmccarron.com (2015) Writing 5M. (Image) April 25, 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.ericmccarron.com/uploads/9/9/7/8/9978500/1443379_orig.png