All Writing articles – Page 12
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ArticleOnestop Phonics - Alphabet
A comprehensive introduction to the Onestop Phonics series for young learners by Rachel Finnie. The article includes an explanation of what phonics is, approaches to teaching phonics and an outline of the series.
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Notes and messages
A lesson to help students learn common expressions for talking about notes, messages, and minutes.
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B2 Business Vantage: Writing: Part 1
An article by Russell Whitehead about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage (formerly BEC Vantage) exam Writing component Part 1.
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Getting more out of 'The Road Less Travelled'
Lindsay Clandfield suggests some activities to extend the onestopenglish soap opera lessons.
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Writing matters: Creative writing
In this article we take a look at what is meant by 'creative writing' and why it can be a useful tool in helping improve our students’ writing skills and overall level of English.
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Writing matters: Developing accuracy
Accuracy in written work is important, but how can we help our students to become accurate writers? In this article, Adrian Tennant tries to answer this question and provides some practical activities that focus on accuracy.
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Writing matters: Developing fluency
Most teachers have heard of fluency in terms of speaking but what does it mean when applied to writing? In this article we examine the concept of fluency in writing.
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First writing paper: part 2: letter
An ideas-driven, speaking-led process to develop letter writing skills, mainly working in pairs.
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ArticleWriting matters: Getting started
This article takes a look at getting started with writing practice and examines why students often find writing difficult.
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First writing paper: part 2: report
A guided process towards producing accurate report writing based on students’ ideas.
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Cambridge English Advanced: Writing Part 2 – Report
This lesson aims to help students prepare for the report section of the Advanced Writing paper.
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Email expressions
Lessons to equip students with some basic vocabulary they may need for writing emails.
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Cambridge English Advanced: Writing Part 1 – Essay
This lesson aims to help students prepare for the essay section of the Advanced Writing paper.
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Reading lesson plans: Santa
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about Santa, in this lesson available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +).
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First writing paper: part 1
A series of steps, alternately pairwork and teacher-led, to raise awareness of dealing with essay writing and show a way of producing effective answers.
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Personal profile builder and CV builder
This activity can be used with pre-service learners; learners who are looking for a new job and those who work in the recruitment area of HR. This profile can then be inserted into a complete CV which can be created using the CV Builder worksheet and lesson plan.
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ArticleBeginning reading and writing: Introducing letters
Olha Madylus offers a selection of tips and activities for familiarising children with the sound of English and offers a practical way to introduce the alphabet using phonics.