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Writing Skills: voice, idea, organisation
Clarity and coherence.
They are important aspects of good writing. They are also skills which ESL students can learn in the writing class.
A panoply of teaching resources.
Clarity and coherence.
They are important aspects of good writing. They are also skills which ESL students can learn in the writing class.
Here’s an ESL guided writing activity that uses a story about rafting to help English students learn to write interesting stories by adding voice. In a previous post, I described an activity that shows students how to add voice to a text. This follow up exercise gives ESL students a chance to apply that knowledge.
Many ESL students learn to write by following a formula. Copy the sentence patterns and create five paragraphs. Make sure the last paragraph recaps the main ideas. It’s a dull process that often results in blah text. It doesn’t have to be that way.