Reading Reaction Journal # 3

Reference:
Evans, Lynne (Sep. 3, 2010). Shared Writing is not Just For Early Years and Young Learners. Just landed from Language Study+English as a Second Lamguage (ESL). Retrived on Sep.20, 2010 from http://www.suite101.com/content/shared-witing-is-not just-for-early-years-and-young-learners-a281871

Summary:
In the article, " Shared Writing is not Just For Early Years and Young Learners", Lynne Evans explains how shared writing is useful for the students who want to take an exam and who are weak at writing. It is also helpful for the students who learn English as a second language. teachers have to follow different techniques to teach students how to write a good paragraph. Teachers can use shared writing in the classrooms by dividing the students into groups and asking them to write a story. In addition, Students write some sentences on the board until the story is completed. Then teachers correct the grammar and spelling mistakes. After that, hey reject some sentences which are not related to the topic. The teachers make more practice for the students until they develop thier writing skills.

Reaction:
I agree with Evans that writing skill is very important for the weak people and non-native speakers. Some students have learned this skill for 7 years or more, but their writing skills have not been developed. In fact, those students didn't find the perfect atmosphere that enables them to learn, such as extra classes in their schools. Also, some teachers don't use different ways in teaching this skill. They just give the students the types of writing and tell them how to write orally. After that, they ask them to write an essay at home. This is absolutely wrong way in learning writing. I really like Evans' way when he explains how to write a complete story by using shared writing in groups. This is very helpful for the beginners to understand how they combine sentences together until it becomes a complete paragraph. Finally, when I come back to my country, I will follow some interesting techniques that I have learned in CESL and that I have read about in this article.