Writing and Young Learners

Link to the article - http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/writing-young-learners

Summary

   In this article, Wendy Arnold and Rosie Anderson explore ideas around developing writing skills with young learners. 

   Children are active learners and thinkers, so the writing should be an engaging, interesting and inspiring activity for them. 

   They provided us with some tips how to encourage young learners for writing tasks:

-  provide opportunities during thought-showering, making notes, planning, revising etc

-  provide visuals, or ask the learners to draw their own pictures to provide the content for the tasks

-  let young learners choose their own characters to write about

-  respond to written ideas, not just language

-  include presentation of learners’ work. Young learners get a motivational ‘boost’ by seeing their written work ‘on view.

  So, it is teachers' responsibilities to make writing tasks for children full of practice, meaningful and enjoyable.