Unit11TeachingWritingWewriteforvariousreasons,andwewriteinvariousways
Whatdowewriteinreality
Forexample,letters,journals,notes,instructions,posters,essays,reports,menus
Fillingformsandansweringquestionnairesarealsotasksinvolvingwriting
Reasonsforwritinginreality:Wewriteforvariousreasons:toconveymessages;tokeeparecordofwhatisinourmind
Waystowriteinreality:Somepeopleneverputdownawordbeforerehearsingthesentencemanytimesintheirmind,whileotherpeoplewritedownanythingthatcomestotheirmindandthendoalotofeditingandproof-reading
AtypicalwritingtaskintraditionalEnglishtextbooksjustlike:ADayontheFarm;ADayintheFactory
ProblemsinwritingtasksinexistingEnglishtextbooks*ManywritingtasksinexistingEnglishtextbooksfailtohaveacommunicativeelementduetothefollowingdeficiencies(notefficiency):1