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45 th IATEFL Conference - Brighton. Ideas for Improving Students’ Writing Skills. My Experience. Cecília Lemos [email protected] ABA, Recife, Brazil. +. Background Information. • ABA. - Binational Center, founded in 1988. - approx. 3,600 students. - 2 schools. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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45th IATEFL Conference - Brighton
Cecília Lemos [email protected] ABA, Recife, Brazil
Ideas for Improving Students’ Writing
Skills My Experience
Background Information
• ABA
- approx. 3,600 students- 2 schools
- Binational Center, founded in 1988
- Great Place to Work 2008, 2009, 2010
• Me - Teaching since 1993- Mostly groups from High Intermediate on
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The Problem
• Their writings are short• The structure / vocabulary used do not reflect the level they are in
• Students in fluent levels (high intermediate on) don’t write as well as expected
• Students are not motivated / engaged in the writing tasks
What could we do???
Idea # 1
Create 4 or 5 writing prompts on the same topic – the one being discussed in class
Have 10’ writing storms in class, one at a time
MINI WRITINGS
End of the unit – from storms to an essay
Example for Idea #1
Prompt 1: How powerful are advertising and media? Prompt 2: How much influence do media and advertising have over you?
Topic: Media and Advertising
Prompt 3: What strategies do companies / advertising agencies use to influence people?
Prompt 4: What can be done to fight the strategies used by companies to influence us?
Idea # 2
The concept: every class a new wordWords are presented in the beginning of class, students are encouraged to give the definitions and use the word in a sentence.
VOCAB BANK
Example for Idea #2
Example for Idea #2
Idea # 3
One way: give students feeback on the content of what they wrote, incite them to take it further
Using Feedback to Encourage Writing
Another way: Make sure they read and understand the feedback, have them read everybody’s
• Tyson’s Activity Idea
Idea # 4
The concept: students read the same book.
Book Meetings: lively discussions, engaging activities, creativity and personal opinion.
READING CLUB
Choosing the book: things to consider.
Books used so far: • The Five People You Meet in Heaven (by Mitch Albom) • My Sister’s Keeper (by Jodi Picoult) • The Secret Life of Bees (by Sue Monk Kidd) • Three Cups of Tea (by Greg Mortenson)
Example for Idea #3
First Meeting:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven:
Character Card,
Eddie discussion, The student’s person, NotesSecond
Meeting: Sharing of notes,
Discussion about Heaven and HellThird
Meeting: Writing Class
Fourth Meeting: Bookmark – choosing, swapping / sharing, interacting
with the author
First Meeting:
The Secret Life of Bees:
Summarizing, Quotes & Story, Updating the story
Wrapping Up
Any Questions?
CONTACT INFORMATIONCecilia [email protected]: @CeciELTBLOG: http://cecilialcoelho.wordpress.com
Thank You for coming!!!