Five suggestions - Help in evaluating writing material
1. Giving models: don't over-control i.e. give too much help 2. Don't concentrate on grammar at the expense of organisation and appropriacy 3. Written exercises should communicate something. 4. The grammar of the paragraph can be more important than the grammar of just one sentence. 5. Functional training: persuading/complaining.

Exercises (fair degree of control & meaningful)
1. Fill-in 2. Q & A exs 3. Substitution tables 4. Transformation exs 5. Translation exs (where appropriate) 6. Dictation 7. Compositions 8. Postcard & letter-writing 9. Reports & reviews 10. Advertisements & Publicity material 11. Note-taking & Official Minute-taking 12. Dialogues 13. Summarizing 14. Informal notes: Messages etc. 15. Fax & e-mail.

Training writing skills - 1. Copying (as many sentences as possible from a substitution table in 2 min)(sorting tasks - cards with one word on each) 2. Spelling: (little & often: Hangman; Kim's game)(Families of words - re between sounds & spelling) 3. Punctuation 4. Dialogue writing (e.g. one-sided given. Ss write other half after they've practised it. Open dialogues) 5. Summaries and note-taking (expand notes in telegram form) Make notes on books, tapes, group discussion. 6. Letter-writing: Business/Informal: groups can write to each other. Help them to organise their paragraphs. What they did last weekend. Describe own house. Paragraph from a travel brochure. 7. Composition: paragraph cues, diagrams & pictures.

Explain your marking system. GR grammar WO Sp L ^ Omission X Addition E Expression How much should you correct? Decide priorities. Choose a method of correction. Devise follow-up work for both the class and individuals.

Written work can and does combine with oral work e.g. fill in a job appication form. Attend the oral interview.

Samples of Ss writing: 1. Poor grammar: I has driven to London shopping. In the afternoon I come back, and I've eaten anything, after this I went tio a pub. At 11 o'clock I went home in my bed.

2. Poor graphical skills - letters aren't vertical enough: He coming from Airport Hintero by Train to Prighton From ppighton to my flat by taxi I have flat near school. I walking from my flat to school.

3. Poor spelling & punctuation - I give you Some instrustions how to get to my adreas or my place You can comeing from heathrou airport to victory station buy anderGraon and after you can comeing by trian to Hove.

4. Direct translation - I'm very pleasant for me that you spend some days with me in my town, but you needn't go to a hotel, I think is much better that you go to my house. The form easier to get there is that you take a taxi, and indicate my address.

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