Fifty Ways to Teach Writing: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers
Maggie Sokolik
May 2016 · Fifty Ways to Teach: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers Book 2 · Wayzgoose Press
3.7star
3 reviewsreport
Ebook
103
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
Writing ought to be the easiest of the four skills for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Unlike listening and reading, the students control all the words. Unlike speaking, the students can go back, check their work, revise it, and resubmit it. It should then follow that writing would be one of the most popular courses to teach. Yet teachers never say, “I can’t wait till I get tenure, so I can teach some of those composition classes of 35 students.”
However, writing classes also offer the opportunity to see growth, to share important ideas, and to develop a sense of community. The tips in Fifty Ways Ways to Teach Writing are chosen with that goal in mind -- to make it easier for students to succeed at becoming better writers, and for instructors to enjoy the teaching of writing.
This book is divided into three categories, which represent the stages of process writing:
a) Pre-writing and planning
b) Writing topics and strategies
c) Editing and revising
However, writing classes also offer the opportunity to see growth, to share important ideas, and to develop a sense of community. The tips in Fifty Ways Ways to Teach Writing are chosen with that goal in mind -- to make it easier for students to succeed at becoming better writers, and for instructors to enjoy the teaching of writing.
This book is divided into three categories, which represent the stages of process writing:
a) Pre-writing and planning
b) Writing topics and strategies
c) Editing and revising
The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or without a textbook at all. These short, practical guides aim to make your teaching life easier, and your students' lives more rewarding and successful.
Ratings and reviews
3.7
3 reviews
Joginder Kumar
- Flag inappropriate
November 5, 2017
Very bad never download in life
1 person found this review helpful
Uziel Reano
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
October 30, 2018
Useful to complement writing courses!
1 person found this review helpful
About the author
Maggie Sokolik, Ph.D. was born in Olympia, Washington. She is a writer/editor living in the Bay Area. She graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and received a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She directs the writing program at UC Berkeley.
She is also the instructor for a popular online writing course, College Writing 2x, as well as the BerkeleyX Book Club, both offered through edx.org. These courses are offered free of charge to readers and writers around the world, and have attracted over a quarter million students to date.Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
