Teaching Writing: From The Core To The Complexity

Srinivas Rao Idapalapati

International Journal of Learning and Development, 2015, vol. 5, issue 4, 119-131

Abstract: Although writing is a multifaceted task, teaching writing is a demanding task basically for two reasons- Grammar and Syntax. This article provides a method of teaching writing that was found to be effective in improving students¡¯ academic writing composition skill. The article explains the concepts of ¡®guided-discovery¡¯ and ¡®guided-construction¡¯ upon which a method of teaching writing is grounded and developed. Providing a brief commentary on what the core could mean primarily, the article presents an exposition of understanding and identifying the core and building upon the core that can demonstrate the way a teacher can make use of the concepts in teaching for improving the writing skills of their students. The method is an adaptation of grammar translation method that has been improvised to suit to a student-centered classroom environment. An intervention of teaching writing through this method was tried out with positive outcomes in formal classroom research setup, and in view of the content¡¯s quality that relates more to the classroom practices and also in consideration of its usefulness to the practicing teachers the process and the findings are presented in a narrative form along with the results in tabular form.Keywords- Guided Discovery, Guided Construction, Core of a text, Theme of a Text.

Date: 2015
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