Writing activities classification
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Hi there, writing is one of the important skills shall be
acquired by people. Therefore, it should be practiced consistently. You may
write on paper, personal website, Facebook and so on. However, we have to be
familiar with the classification of writing in order to focus on a specific
output. This is also an essential source for teachers to understand its
classification. So, whenever you teach
your pupils writing skills, you must direct them on certain aim.
There are three writing activities classification:
1) Writing as a means
Writing is widely used within foreign language courses as a
convenient means for engaging with aspects of a language other than the writing
itself. For example, when learners take a note on vocabulary that is
unfamiliar, writing grammar rules, answering questions on reading
comprehension activities, doing a written test. By those examples, we have
understood that writing as a means is done by students to attend to and to
practice a particular language point, and even more frequently as a convenient
method of testing it. It provides information as to how well something has been
learned in a form which the teacher can then check at his or her leisure.
2) Writing as an end
Other activities take their main objective the writing
itself. As we remember the terms of micro and macro, at the micro level, they practice
specific written forms at the level of word or sentence (handwriting or typing,
spelling, punctuation). Moreover, at the macro level, emphasizing on the
content and organization; so that task invites learners to express themselves
using their own words, state a purpose for writing, and often specify an
audience. For example, writing a narrating story, writing a letter.
3) As both means and end
This is the combination which is purposeful and original
writing with the learning or practice of some other skills or content. For example,
a written response to the reading of a controversial newspaper article
(combines writing with reading); the writing of anecdotes to illustrate the
meaning of idioms (combines writing with vocabulary practice), writing descriptive
(combines the use of present tense, using adjectives).
By Purwanto, S.Pd, M.A.
Written in Tagore International Hostel
Hyderabad, South India
