1. Process Writing Workshop Presented by Shaheena Bakhshov   Writing-Exploring the problems   Discussion   Collaborative writing task   Feedback/analysis of activity   Process versus product   Round-up

2. How to deliver a process writing activity.

3. ? What makes teaching writing difficult ?  Writing, unlike speaking, is not an ability we acquire naturally, even in our first language  Unless L2 learners are explicitly taught how to write in the new language, their writing skills are likely to get left behind as their speaking progresses  teaching writing is not just about grammar, spelling, or the mechanics of the Roman alphabet  Learners also need to be aware of and use the conventions of the genre in the new language

4. PROCESS WRITING STAGES GENERATING IDEAS Focussing Ideas Organising Ideas Writing Peer evaluation Review Becoming more collaborative Individual

5. Comparison between Process and Product approaches to writing Process writing Product writing text as a resource for comparison imitate model text ideas as starting point organisation of ideas more important than ideas themselves more than one draft one draft more global, focus on purpose, theme, text type, i.e., reader is emphasised features highlighted including controlled practice of those features collaborativeindividual emphasis on creative process emphasis on end product

6. When could I use the product approach ? Formal letterspostcards, Formal letters, for example, or postcards, in which the features are very fixed, would be more suited to a product-driven approach, in which focus on the layout, style, organisation and grammar could greatly help students in dealing with this type of writing task.

7. When could I use the process approach ? successful text Other genres, such as discursive essays and narrative, may lend themselves to process- driven approaches, which focus on students' ideas. Discursive activities are suited to brainstorming and discussing ideas in groups, and the collaborative writing and exchanging of texts help the students to direct their writing to their reader, therefore making a more successful text