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Writing Made Engaging Presenter: Tyson Seburn
Copyright ENGLISH CENTRAL, 2009. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate
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Blue / Red / Pink• What is the task?• What is the aim of the
task?• How do you feel the
effectiveness this task overall? (ie. goods vs bads)
The aims of this workshop• Identify symptoms of boring writing tasks
• Give suggestions for making activities more engaging for studentsLiteracy, Beginner, Intermediate, Academic
• Give you time to collaborate with your colleagues about these suggestions
• Look at your suggestions
1. Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
Just Reading & Writing: Pre-Intermediate, Marshall-Cavendish
Some suggestions
1. Students aren’t involved enough in task set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
Use student generated content.
Create an online survey with SurveyMonkey.com
Words at Work, Cambridge University Press
Some suggestions1. Students aren’t involved enough in task
set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
a. Try guided discovery tasks.
Use student generated content.
Just Reading & Writing: Pre-Intermediate, Marshall-Cavendish
Transferable Academic Skills Kit, Garnet Education
Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish
Some suggestions1. Students aren’t involved enough in task
set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
a. Try guided discovery tasks.b. Implement principles of task-based learning.
Use student generated content.
Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish
Put the task first!
YOUR BASIC A
LPHABET
WRITING TASK
Some suggestions1. Students aren’t involved enough in task
set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
a. Try guided discovery tasks.b. Implement principles of task-based learning.
Create personalized extension activities.
Use student generated content.
YOUR BASIC A
LPHABET
WRITING TASK
http://www.fontcapture.com
My handwriting as a font!
Just Reading & Writing: Elementary, Marshall-Cavendish
Some suggestions1. Students aren’t involved enough in task
set-up.
2. Writing skills are often simply told to students.
3. Students don’t practice writing in meaningful ways.
a. Try guided discovery tasks.b. Implement principles of task-based learning.
Create personalized extension activities.
Use student generated content.
Take the earlier tasks.Collaborate with a few others.a.Is it an engaging writing activity or not?b.Can the task be modified to be more engaging?
Further suggestions
•Peer editing•Self-reflection
•Any other suggestions?
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Writing Made Engaging Presenter: Tyson Seburn
Copyright ENGLISH CENTRAL, 2009. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate
otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.
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