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Writing, like life itself, is a voyage

of discovery
HENRY MILLER

DEFINITIONS OF WRITING
Writing is one of the ways to give an idea or
message which is form in writing on a piece
of paper or the other area. It is an act of
making marks on certain surface.
Specifically, writing is one kind of expression
in language which is created by particular
set of symbol, having conventional values for
representing the wordings of particular
language which is drawn up visually.
Wordreference (2010)

DEFINITIONS OF WRITING
Jim A.P (2010:2 Writing skill in second
language), explains that writing skill is
Complex and Difficult to learn. Requiring
mastery is not only:
Grammatical patterns.

The rule of writing such as high degree of

organization in the development of ideas
and information and also choosing the
appropriate vocabulary and sentence
structure to create a style which is
appropriate to subject matter.

DEFINITION OF WRITING
Many learners see writing only as a
classroom exercise, something
done to satisfy the English
teacher and then to be tossed
aside.

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TASK 1
WHY DO YOU THINK WRITING IS ESSENSIAL?
WHAT DO WE CAN EXPRESS THROUGH
WRITING?
WHAT DOES WRITING INVOLVE?

Almost all that we are is related to our

use of words
Bergen Evans

WHAT CAN WE EXPRESS THROUGH

WRITING?

According to Hughey (1983) Through

writing we express our feelingsour
hopes, dreams, and joys as well as our
fears, angers, and frustrations.

WHAT CAN WE EXPRESS THROUG

WRITING?
Writing, then, is:
Expressing our plans, our
recommendations, our values, and our
commitments.
To Explain others who we are, what we
believe and understand, and why we
believe and understand as we do.

WHAT IS WRITING FOR

STUDENTS?

WHAT IS WRITING FOR STUDENTS?

For students, writing is a primary

medium through which they
demonstrate their understanding and
interpretation of concepts and theories
studies for many weeks or months
Hughey (1983)

WHAT DOES WRITING INVOLVE? - TASK

2
According to Heaton (1975:138), there are four
skills necessary for writing. They are:
a. Grammatical skill ___
c. Mechanical skill ____
d. Judgment skill _____

b. Stylistic skill _____

1. The ability to use correctly those conversations peculiar to

the written language e.g. punctuation, and spelling
2. The ability to manipulate sentence and use language
effectively.
3. The ability to write in an appropriate manner for a particular
purpose with on ability to select, organize and relevant
information.
4. The ability to write correct sentences.

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ADAPTED FROM: NURGIANTORO (2001)

TASK 3
Instructions: Ss ask to themselves some of the questions below,
Could you match them to the correct difficulty of writing?

How to produce unified paragraphs?

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How to organize ideas logically?

It means that writing is one of language skills, another

author says: It can be used as a means of
communication to convey massages by using
written language or symbols. It is able to function
as a system of symbols and writing is a
representation or symbols of a language (Ramelan,
1992: 14).

TASK 4. - IN TEAMS, TRY TO COMPLETE

THE DIAGRAM WITH SOME NEW IDEAS.

Ss Difficulties on
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Ss Difficulties
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