When you, as a school student, are asked to write a research paper to be promoted to the next grade you should first select the topic you’re going to write about and then gather and organize the materials and sources that will help you with the research. After that, you should follow these three stages. […]
Category: Teach Writing
Seven Steps to Teach Summary Writing
Although teaching summarizing is a valuable strategy and competency but it is one of the hardest strategies for students to grasp and one of the hardest strategies for you to teach. Can you imagine your students succeeding in school without being able to break down content into manageable small brief pieces? We ask students to […]
A Simple Guide to Writing a Successful Report in English
Unlike an essay that sets out and defends a writer’s view about a topic and doesn’t have to feature headings, the report discusses a topic in a structured, easy-to-follow format and should be divided into sections, headings, and subheadings. Reports can be academic, technical or business-related, and feature recommendations for specific actions. Reports can also […]
Top 14 Steps to Write an Effective Formal Letter in English
Download this article in PDF Here are the necessary and minimum steps that you should follow to write an effective formal letter in English. Follow these steps in sequence: 1. Write your address and optionally your telephone number on the top right corner of the page. 2. Place the date directly below your address writing […]
Top 7 Steps to Write an Effective Formal Email in English
Download the Article in PDF The email is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. It consists of two major sections, the message header, and the message body. Message Header: It includes the following fields: From: Your own email address. Date: The local time and date when the message was written. To: […]
Watch How Easily You Can Teach the Four Language Skills
The English language involves the use of four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Each skill has main features and there are some techniques to teach and develop each skill. Although the four language skills should be integrated into each lesson, I am are going to focus on each skill separately: Teaching Listening Listening involves some […]
Basic Ideas and Techniques for Teaching the Four Language Skills
The four skills of language learning are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. They are four capabilities that allow an individual to comprehend, produce and use the language in effective interpersonal communication. They are most often acquired in the order of listening first, then speaking, then possibly reading and writing. Listening and reading are called receptive skills because learners do not […]
How to Teach Students to Self-Edit Their Writing
Students who learn to write for communicating meaning at first may not be aware of what editing is, so the teacher should take the time to explain the process of editing to them telling that the piece of writing doesn’t have to be perfect from the start and that it is possible for all writers […]
4 FAQs on Teaching Writing to ESL/EFL Learners and Their Answers
1. Why do You Think EFL Writing is Difficult for Students? Many students have a belief that it’s too difficult for them to write in a foreign language, so they try to avoid writing activities and some students may be discouraged to write because they face some difficulties such as: Lack of motivation. Fear of […]
Understanding Teaching Early Writing Check
In general, the teacher should go through the following three stages when teaching writing to ESL/EFL adult learners: 1. Pre-Writing Stage: Introduce the topic, discuss a picture, a table or any other prompt for writing. Provide ideas, words, and patterns to help students in writing. Explain the task itself specifying certain organization of the composed […]
Quick Ways to Help Beginners Who Struggle to Write English
Students may have some difficulties when learning to write English at first. The following list summarizes the main challenges that students will face with their early writing in English. Writing from left to right. Moving their hands and pens or pencils in a different direction. Writing on the line. Writing capital and small letters and […]
How to Reduce Students’ Writing Anxiety
Many learners experience some kind of anxiety in relation to writing. This anxiety about writing is not necessarily all negative. A certain amount of anxiety may indicate that the learners are concerned about doing well and this may provide some motivation for their performance. But too much anxiety will inhibit performance, and this is where […]