Peer-groups vs individual in essay writing / Daljit Singh
In any language course, the focus on teaching the language is on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Generally, however, the teaching of writing stands out as a major activity in the ESL classroom. This focus on writing is largely because writing appears to be the most difficult skill to teach...
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my-uitm-ir.608312023-01-25T08:54:49Z Peer-groups vs individual in essay writing / Daljit Singh 1997 Singh, Daljit Study and teaching Books (General). Writing. Paleography In any language course, the focus on teaching the language is on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Generally, however, the teaching of writing stands out as a major activity in the ESL classroom. This focus on writing is largely because writing appears to be the most difficult skill to teach. According to Richards, ( 1990 : 100 ), learning to write in any language is one of the most difficult tasks a learner encounters and one that few people can be said to fully master. This is especially true for the ITM students for whom writing is a problematic skill. The main problem seems to be that students cannot organize their facts and ideas accordingly. So, for students weak in English, writing is an uphill task. Writing is a skill that needs to be formally taught. (Raimes, 1983:5). In the classroom, one normally teaches writing in composition or essay tasks. Hairston (1982) proposed a new paradigm for the teaching of composition or essay writing. In this paradigm, there is an overall focus on the 'process" in writing essays. According to Hairston (1982) a principled process approach always pays appropriate attention to the end-product. Process-centered approaches to essay writing help students to understand their own composing processes and to build their repertoires for prewriting, (gathering, exploring and organizing raw materials), drafting (structuring ideas into a piece of linear discourse), and rewriting (revising, editing and proofreading). 1997 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60831/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60831/1/60831.pdf text en public masters Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) Faculty of Education |
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In any language course, the focus on teaching the language is on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Generally, however, the teaching of writing stands out as a major activity in the ESL classroom. This focus on writing is largely because writing appears to be the most difficult skill to teach. According to Richards, ( 1990 : 100 ), learning to write in any language is one of the most difficult tasks a learner encounters and one that few people can be said to fully master. This is especially true for the ITM students for whom writing is a problematic skill. The main problem seems to be that students cannot organize their facts and ideas accordingly. So, for students weak in English, writing is an uphill task. Writing is a skill that needs to be formally taught. (Raimes, 1983:5). In the classroom, one normally teaches writing in composition or essay tasks. Hairston (1982) proposed a new paradigm for the teaching of composition or essay writing. In this paradigm, there is an overall focus on the 'process" in writing essays. According to Hairston (1982) a principled process approach always pays appropriate attention to the end-product. Process-centered approaches to essay writing help students to understand their own composing processes and to build their repertoires for prewriting, (gathering, exploring and organizing raw materials), drafting (structuring ideas into a piece of linear discourse), and rewriting (revising, editing and proofreading). |
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