Focus on students' writing skills
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
A LECTURER from the University of Brunei Darussalam yesterday shared with teachers some pointers to develop students' English-writing skills.
In a talk at the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah School on English Language Teaching and Learning, Dr Alan Chamberlain from the University of Brunei Darussalam said, "People are becoming more aware of vocabulary, which is just as important as grammar. Instead of teaching a child individual words, they should be taught groups of words or phrases to further develop their writing skills."
The talk was part of the English staff development programme, where participants learn how to teach children to write compositions.
"Many students do not go over their completed compositions and when a teacher calls a student over to go through their work, the students see simple errors they have made that they knew could have been corrected," Chamberlain said.
He said that students need to counter this problem by drafting their compositions before writing it. "Posting up children's work such as compositions, drawings, class projects and so on can also help a child be more aware or motivated to improve," he added.
Thirty English teaching staff members attended the talk.
"English writing is 50 per cent of an English paper for the primary students, so learning to help a child develop their English writing skill is important to us," said one of the teachers attending the talk. The Brunei Times
In a talk at the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah School on English Language Teaching and Learning, Dr Alan Chamberlain from the University of Brunei Darussalam said, "People are becoming more aware of vocabulary, which is just as important as grammar. Instead of teaching a child individual words, they should be taught groups of words or phrases to further develop their writing skills."
The talk was part of the English staff development programme, where participants learn how to teach children to write compositions.
"Many students do not go over their completed compositions and when a teacher calls a student over to go through their work, the students see simple errors they have made that they knew could have been corrected," Chamberlain said.
He said that students need to counter this problem by drafting their compositions before writing it. "Posting up children's work such as compositions, drawings, class projects and so on can also help a child be more aware or motivated to improve," he added.
Thirty English teaching staff members attended the talk.
"English writing is 50 per cent of an English paper for the primary students, so learning to help a child develop their English writing skill is important to us," said one of the teachers attending the talk. The Brunei Times
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