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Teaching and assessing of communication skills within updated curriculum

Lora Gumarova , English Teacher, NIS,

MA in Multilingual Education

How do we teach writing in class? Highlight key/basic steps in writing?

- background knowledge from previous lessons;

- applying knowledge from other subjects;

- brainstorming;

- key words;

-planning ideas, keeping in mind;

Shared knowledge for writing and reading (Fitzgerald & Shanahan, 2000)

P ieces of writing: audience response

Essays

Reports

Letters

Articles

Stories

Key question words: Opinion essay

What is your opinion?

Do you agree or disagree?

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages ?

Key question words: Both sides+ opinion

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages and give your own opinion;

Discuss both sides of this argument and then give your own opinion;

Key question words: Two question essay

What problem does this cause?

What are some potential solutions?

Do you agree?

What are some other solutions?

What are the causes of this problem?

What are some potential solutions?

Assessment of writing

Task response

Coherence and cohesion

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Definitions of Key words

Coherence -… a piece of writing is easy to understand because its parts are connected in a clear and reasonable way Cohesion- …a set of ideas are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole

Thesis statement- an idea or opinion about something, that you discuss in a formal way and give examples for

( Longman Advanced Online Dictionary , 2018)

New English Language Program Content: Writing Strand.

…Topics with some paragraphs to give basic personal information. Coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a limited range of written genres . Sentences into coherent paragraphs using basic connectors on a growing range of familiar general topics. Appropriate layout at text level. Spelling most high-frequency vocabulary accurately. Punctuation in written works at text level.