TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harmer,Jeremy
TI  - How to teach writing
SN  - 0582779987
AV  - PE1404 .H37 2004
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Longman
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Written English
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Page; Introduction	v; 1	Writing as a process	1; •	From the beginning; •	Why learn to write?; •	How people write; •	Writing and speaking; •	Implications for learning and teaching; 2	Describing written text	15; •	Different purposes, different writing; •	Differences within a genre; ^	• Text construction; •	Cohesion; •	Coherence; •	Register; •	Implications for learning and teaching; 3	Writing in the language classroom	31; •	Writing for learning; •	Writing for writing; •	The tasks of the teacher in writing; 4	Nuts and bolts	44; •	The mechanics of writing; •	The handwriting challenge; •	Teaching handwriting; •	The spelling challenge; •	Teaching spelling; •	Teaching punctuation; •	Copying; •	Sentence, paragraph, and text; 5	Building the writing habit	61; •	Building confidence and enthusiasm; •	Instant writing; •	Collaborative writing; •	Writing to each other; •	What to do with ‘habit-building’ writing; 6	’Worked-on’ writing	86; •	 Process and genre; •	Generating ideas; •	Analysing genres; •	Making a plan; •	Examples of ‘worked-on writing sequences; •	Project work; •	Writing for exams; 7	Responding, correcting, and guiding	108; •	Ways of reacting to students’ writing; •	Ways of correcting students’ work; •	Ways of responding to students’ work; •	Peer review; •	Training students to self-edit and self-correct; •	Making homework successful; 8	Journal writing	125; •	A different kind of writing; •	Journal writing benefits; •	Before, during, and after; •	Teacher journals; Task File	136; Task File Key	145; Appendices; •	Appendix A:	Punctuation	table	148; •	Appendix B:	Chapter notes	and further reading	149; Index	153
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