Communication and Presentation Skills

 K. Jahan

The Writing Process

Writing is not less than speaking skills, both are productive skills.

Everyone learns their mother tongue spontaneously and does not require official instruction. The majority of us learned our mother tongue without any formal teaching, whether at home or elsewhere, but how many of us can write it? Many adult speakers who never learned to write their mother tongue may be found if you seek around. The differences between speaking and writing are too great to be overlooked.

We also understand that all linguistic activities, such as reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking, are interconnected. Students' capacity to employ each linguistic process improves as a result of the others. We make writing an overly onerous chore for our pupils as teachers all too frequently. If they can write grammatically accurate sentences, we think they can also produce well-organized manuscripts.

Writing is a combination of mechanical and mental processes. Orthography (drawing letters), knowledge of spelling, and punctuation are all examples of mechanical processes in language. A good understanding of language syntax, vocabulary, and use is part of the mental process. The steps in the writing process are as follows:

Basic Level

Children are initially taught the mechanics of writing, or how to write as physical activity, through which they learn the features of good handwriting, such as muscular control. They learn how to hold the paper in the correct position, how to hold the pencil, and how to make individual letters in the correct forms at this stage. Students in elementary school should also learn: -

 

·         Teaching to focus on margin.

 

·         words should be separated by an equal amount of space;

 

·         using the same angle for all letters;

 

·         ensuring that words are separated by the same amount of space

 

·         the ability to write in a straight line

 

·         putting large and tiny letters in the right locations.

 

Intermediate Level

Students are taught how to create a sequence of grammatically accurate phrases in the beginning. However, we seldom write a single sentence, let alone a series of unconnected statements. We create a cohesive whole by arranging a series of phrases in a specific order and connecting them in specific ways. Students should be taught communicative writing at the secondary level, which entails the development of grammatically accurate sentences that communicate meaning to the reader. Students develop the habit of logical and correct expression through this type of writing.

Writing is a skill that the learner should strive to master at this level. Learning to ride a bicycle is a good analogy. A child's first bicycle is generally a tricycle. It is constructed in such a way that he cannot fall. He could then progress to a bicycle with extremely small wheels. This provides him with some protection. Finally, he'll be able to ride his bike with only two wheels. A teacher who follows a decent writing program, for example, does not enable students to write whatever they want right away. This would not only be intimidating, but it would also result in an excessive and disheartening amount of errors, as well as the development of undesirable language habits as a result. A skilled writing instructor guides his pupils through three stages of writing: controlled writing, guided writing, and free writing.

Controlled Writing

Controlled writing activities are designed to make errors more difficult for pupils. Substitution tables and copying exercises are two examples of such activities. To back to our bicycle example, these workouts are akin to learning to utilize the pedals, handlebars, and brakes while avoiding the stress of maintaining balance.

Writing Instructions

The guided writing stage necessitates the teacher's undivided attention. The majority of the written work at this level should be directed; the pupils are not yet ready to give up their props. The following are some examples of guided writing activities.

·         Completion

·         Reproduction\s

·         Transformation………activities

·         Expansion

·         Writing without any constraints

This is the final stage of the writing process. The teacher will usually provide some advice, but it will mostly be in the form of a pre-writing subject discussion. Small-group discussions are frequently used for this. The student will mostly work from his own linguistic resources throughout the writing phase, and he will, of course, receive additional help from the teacher in the form of feedback once he has read the work. Compositions and essays are the most common free writing exercises in class. The following are the important elements to consider when writing an essay:

Find the keywords and theme terms in the question by carefully reading it.

 

·         Make a rough outline.

 

·         Make the first draft.

 

·         Revise your first draft.

Helping children become more fluent writers is one method to help them become more proficient readers.

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