Questions and tasks for self-evaluation

Palvanov Botirbek

Group 304a

Questions and tasks for self-evaluation

1. Do you write a lot in your native language? Is it difficult to write in your own language? What kinds of problems do you have when you write? Do these problems have to do with vocabulary, syntax, or organization?

2. How important are the following processes in writing: planning, drafting, editing, and rewriting?

3. What approach do you use in teaching writing skills? How successful have you been in teaching writing?

4. Describe the textbook you use for teaching writing skills. Does it follow any particular approach of teaching? What kinds of activities are commonly used?

5. What is process writing?

Answers

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   Going through the full writing process–pre-writing, drafting, revising, rewriting and publishing–can be a lot of work, but it’s always worth the effort. Each stage of the writing process builds on the last, and each subsequent stage would be much harder if the previous one hadn’t been completed. When students read the essay in its final, polished form, it becomes clear that following the complete writing process produces the best essay.
   
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   Four Approaches to the Teaching of Writing
   

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  Pragmatic Approaches. - writing seen as a cognitive and procedural skill. ...
  
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  Rhetorical Approaches. - based on genres, argument or types of academic writing. ...
  
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  Critical/Cultural Approaches. - often strongly related to study of literature or media texts
  
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  Expressive Approaches
  

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   In essence, process approach to teaching writing focuses on the writing process rather than the final product. Virtually all current composition theorists make a distinction between process-oriented and product-oriented writing. James McCrimmon sees it as the difference between writing as a way of knowing (process) and wring as a way of telling( product). Donald Murray sees it as the difference between internal and external revision.
   
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   A writing process describes a sequence of physical and mental actions that people take as they produce any kind of text. Writing processes are highly individuated and task-specific; they often involve other kinds of activities that are not usually thought of as writing per se (talking, drawing, reading, browsing, etc.).
   
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