How to Teach Writing

Description

How to Teach Writing offers a practical guide to help get your students writing, structured on clear and consise educational theory.

• An uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing , particularly in terms of process, product and genre
• Discussion of the practical implications of teaching the theory of writing
• Descriptions of a broad spread of writing tasks, simple and extended, to help teachers select those that will most effective in developing their students’ writing skills

This new series entry delivers an uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing, particularly in terms of process, product, and genre. Descriptions of a broad range of writing tasks enable teachers to select those that will be most effective in developing students’ writing skills.

Jeremy Harmer has taught in Mexico and the UK where he is currently an occasional lecturer at Anglia Polytechnic University. He has trained teachers and offered seminars all over the world. A writer of both course material and methodology, he is the author of methodology titles including How to Teach English (2007), The Practice of English Language Teaching (4rd edition 2008) and How to teach Writing (2004) ­ all published by Pearson Education Ltd. He is the General Editor of the Pearson ELT methodology list and hosts a teacher development website at http://www.eltcommunity.com/

• An uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing, particularly in terms of process, product and genre
• Discussion of the practical implications of teaching the theory of writing
• Descriptions of a broad spread of writing tasks, simple and extended, to help teachers select those that will be most effective in developing their students’ writing skills