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Category: Teaching Writing

Spark the Learners’ Interest for Writing
Teaching Writing

Spark the Learners’ Interest for Writing

ELT NewsApril 13, 2018

Well-verified classroom reality attests that writing and writing-production tasks constitute a multilayered procedure. As such, writing deviates from other aspects…

Building Writing Skills
Teaching Writing

Building Writing Skills

ELT NewsDecember 13, 2017

    Writing is often overlooked in EFL teaching and learning. At a beginning level, it may be seen as…

Practical Ideas for Developing Writing Skills
Teaching Writing

Practical Ideas for Developing Writing Skills

ELT NewsDecember 13, 2017

    The developing of the language skills has always been a very hard and interesting task. The process of…

Scaffolding your Writing Class
Teaching Writing

Scaffolding your Writing Class

ELT NewsJune 10, 2017

Composition writing has always been a very demanding task for both students and teachers. Our professional experience comes to agree…

How to start a writing assignment
Teaching Writing

How to start a writing assignment

ELT NewsApril 4, 2017

Writing takes time Find out when the assignment is due and devise a plan of action. This may seem obvious…

Thoughts on Preparing Candidates for the Cambridge English Exams Speaking and Writing Papers
Teaching Writing

Thoughts on Preparing Candidates for the Cambridge English Exams Speaking and Writing Papers

ELT NewsJanuary 10, 2017

  I am often asked by teachers given the proximity of exam day what the right balance between exam practice…

Setting Achievable Goals for our EFL Writing Class
Teaching Writing

Setting Achievable Goals for our EFL Writing Class

ELT NewsDecember 14, 2016

“Scaffolding” describes a performance enhancement procedure which can make teaching composition meaningful and support learners. However, despite teachers’ and students’…

How to improve our students’ exam results in ESB writing
Teaching Writing

How to improve our students’ exam results in ESB writing

ELT NewsJuly 6, 2016

How often have we been cornered by an irate parent wanting to know why his child failed the writing part…

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