Developing Writing Skills in Class: A Curse or Blessing
Előadó: Borbely Julianna
Szerző bemutatkozása:
Julianna BORBÉLY, Senior Lecturer of English at Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania. She has been teaching at Partium Christian University since her graduation in 2005. Presently, her classes include Morphology and Syntax and English Language Methodology courses as well as practical courses on writing, public speaking and audio-visual translation. She is also the Head of the Teacher Training Programme of Partium Christian University.
Előadás absztrakt:
When teaching English developing listening, speaking and reading skills seem to be of priority to writing skill. The main reason lies in the strategies that need to be applied and which render writing activities time-consuming. During activities concerning that contribute to developing writing skills teachers may feel they are not doing anything and are under the impression that neither do students. To avoid this sort of seemingly inert state, writing tasks are assigned as homework. In addition to this, correcting home assignments might also require too much time – especially if the teacher must read longer pieces. Nevertheless, writing skills are as important to master as the other three skills. One must be able to write various pieces of writing when communicating in English.
In this paper we aim to explore the reasons of developing-writing-skills classes might seem less active that classes in which the focus is on developing the other three skills. We will also attempt to present strategies that might counter the aforementioned impression, all in light of the Romanian National Curriculum and the Common European Framework of References for Languages.
