William Kevin Penny

MA TEFL/TESL
University of Birmingham

To be reported by: LURENIE D. RIVERA

 the systematic investigation
into and study of materials
and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new
conclusions.
 systematic investigative
process employed to increase
or revise current knowledge by
discovering new facts.
the method of human
communication, either spoken or
written, consisting of the use of
words in a structured and
conventional way.

the system of words or signs

that people use to express
thoughts and feelings to each
other.
TITLE: Student Difficulties
Writing in English: Suggested
Strategies to help, and their
Potential Beneficial ‘side-
effects’

CONDUCTED BY: William Kevin Penny

MA TEFL/TESL , University of
Birmingham
I. INTRODUCTION
I.1 WRITING TASKS
II. GENERAL CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND

2. 1 Classes
2. 2 Materials
III. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
3. 1 Process vs. Product
3. 2 First Language Interference
3. 3 Audience
IV. DISCUSSING DIFFICULTIES
4.1 Assessment Criteria
4.2 Content

4.3 Organization
4.4 Discourse

4.5 Syntax / Mechanics / Vocabulary

V. SUGGESTING STRATEGIES
5.1 Higher / Lower Order Concerns
5.2 Conferencing
5.3 Planning
5.4 Pair Work
VI. DISCUSSING POTENTIAL BENEFITS ‘SIDE – EFFECTS’
6.1 Task
6.2 Pair Work / Peer Correlation
6.3 Rewrites / Redrafts
VII. Content in Relation to Current Teaching Practices
7.1 Content
7.2 Integrated Skills Approach
7.3 Target Culture
VIII. CONCLUSION
 http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-
artslaw/cels/essays/languageteaching/Penny1.pdf

William Kevin Penny, MA

TEFL/TESL University of
Birmingham