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Transition from journal writing to academic writing: How to guide students through materials

Transition from journal writing to academic writing: How to guide students through materials. Neslihan Demirdirek Sabanci University, Turkey. Presentation Outline. Sabancı University in Istanbul and the context of teaching Importance of writing Writing Materials The importance of Feedback

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Transition from journal writing to academic writing: How to guide students through materials

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  1. Transition from journal writing to academic writing: How to guide students through materials Neslihan Demirdirek Sabanci University, Turkey

  2. Presentation Outline • Sabancı University in Istanbul and the context of teaching • Importance of writing • Writing Materials • The importance of Feedback • Learner Voices

  3. SABANCI UNIVERSITY,ISTANBUL

  4. TheContext of Teaching • Pre-faculty course • Content-based instruction • 4 main levels Route 1:elementary Route 2:Pre-intermediate Route 3:Intermediate Route 4:Upper intermediate

  5. Coursebooks

  6. ROUTE 1 • Elementary level • 8 weeks: Language Leader • 8 weeks: BtheB Basic Level • Writing objectives • Learning Portfolio

  7. Journal writing

  8. Short Answer Writing

  9. What to write? How to write?

  10. Language Leader Coursebook • Descriptions of 6 different cities • Reading comprehension exercises • Analysis work (Grammar + Vocabulary + organisation)

  11. Guided Writing Practice

  12. Reading texts: Describing people

  13. Guided writing Describeyourbestfriend: • What is his/her name? • Howold is he/she? • What is his/her job? • Describe his/her personality (Useadjectives in TLP) • Whatdoes he/shelikedoing? • What do you do together?

  14. Free writing: Describing people Describe the girl in the picture: Give her a name. How old is she? Give some information about her family. What is her job? Describe her personality. Add any other details.

  15. Writing a short biography

  16. Extra materials to support writing biographies 1.Important Women in History http://bit.ly/Hz8NUP 2. Ordering sentences

  17. Main Principles • Raising awareness about different types of writing • Analysing sentences for grammar and vocabulary • Analysing texts for organisation • Providing model answers • Providing more practice opportunities • Giving feedback in different forms

  18. How do students feel?

  19. Short Answer Rhetorical Patterns • Defining and explaining terms (C-C-C pattern) • Giving a description of objects, people, places and situations • Making comparisons and contrasts between objects, people and places • Describing a historical process

  20. Comparison Task

  21. Writing Short Answers

  22. Writing Short Answers

  23. Writing Short Answers

  24. Writing Short Answers

  25. Recognition Practice

  26. Recognition Practice

  27. Recognition Practice

  28. Recognition Practice

  29. Recognition Practice

  30. Recognition Practice

  31. How useful is teacher feedback?

  32. Production Practice & Feedback • Short Answer writing tips http://screencast.com/t/P6zep916w • Individual written feedback • Collated written feedback

  33. Strengths: Starting with the positive

  34. Production Practice & Feedback • One-to-one Tutorials • Feedback using technology (JING) http://screencast.com/t/5cp66JQux http://screencast.com/t/i4uUxuKNik

  35. Feedback from Learners: Difficulties at the beginning • I couldn’t write because I didn’t have any ideas. • I couldn’t write because I didn’t know how to make sentences. • When I write sentences, they were all separate sentences. I didn’t know how to link them. • I made a lot of grammar mistakes. • I didn’t know which word to use.

  36. Feedback from Learners: Difficulties in the second half • I can’t add my own ideas, everything should come from the book. • I write long introductions but there is a word limit. • I can’t use TLP words. • I add many irrelevant ideas. • I can’t use ‘I’ ‘we’, etc. • I sometimes misunderstand the question and I can’t understand the reading text well.

  37. Feedback from Learners: What I found useful • I found comparing journal and short answer writing useful. • I found Jing feedback useful. • I found getting feedback from my teacher useful because it helped me get ready for the exam. • I found collated feedback useful because I learned a lot from my friends’ mistakes.

  38. Feedback from Learners: What I found useful • I found taking notes and making a plan helpful. • I found guided writing exercises useful because I didn’t know how to start or continue to write. • I found working on linkers and reference words useful.

  39. Neslihan Demirdirekndemirdirek@sabanciuniv.edu

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