Unit 6 WRITING

Writing

Unit six from TKT book is about a productive skill which is writing. What I have learned in this unit was about text types. Those have different characteristics like degrees of formality, different layouts, structure, and order of information, level of complexity in grammar (it depends on to whom you write the letter), register and range of vocabulary. Something that caught my attention was the word layout. It is the scheme how a text look likes. For example, the format of an essay is completing different with a format of a letter. There are two sub kills; related to accuracy (spelling, correct vocabulary, punctuation, and using grammar correctly), and related to communicating (ideas, appropriate style and register, and appropriate functions). As English teachers, we have to point our objectives to the approaches of writing which are; product approach, process approach, genre approach (showing examples), and process-genre approach (do the writing together). There are also some steps for writing like drafting, editing, proofreading, and re-drafting. The writing text should be well-structured by coherence (logical) and cohesion (organization of sentences. How ideas are linked). With all of those characteristics and tips, we can adapt on our students.  

Bibliography:

Spratt, M. Pulverness, A. Williams, M. (2012). Language and background to language learning and teaching. The TKT Course. (2^nd ed.) Cambridge University Press

Ur, P. (2010). Grammar Practice Activities. A practical guide for teachers. (2^nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. 
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