Effect of Free Writing on ESP Students' Achievement in writing Political Essays | ||
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| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 43, June 2018, Pages 31-60 | ||
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| 1. Introduction Language . . . is the most important sign system of human society. . . . [It] has its origins in the face-to-face situation, but can be readily detached from it. . . . [It also] possesses an inherent quality of reciprocity that distinguishes it from any other sign system. (Berger & Luck man, 1966: 36–37) Writing is the process of using symbols to communicateideas. It's a system/method of representing language invisual or tactile form. Writing is the mirrorthat reflects/shows one's knowledge about a language.The ability to use a language in a communicativeway, however, is not just a single unified skill. Most recent thinking has divided languageability into four separate skill areas; listening, reading,speaking, and writing. Listening and reading are knownas the receptive skills; while speaking and writing areknown as the productive skills. (Christian A Clausen. 2015:8). Bello (1997:355) indicated that writing, as a productive language skill, plays an essential role in promoting language acquisition as learners experiment with words, sentences, and large chunks of writing to communicate their ideas effectively and to reinforce the grammar and vocabulary they learn in class. He added that “one of the major failing in the traditional curriculum could be attributed to lack of attention given to writing, which is an important avenue for thinking”. Writing has been a major means used by academic staff across the disciplines inassessment of student learning in higher education. Likewise, the ability to convey thoughts effectively in writing has been deemed crucial for success in tertiary studies (Crème & Lea, 1997:152); Lee &Stierer, 2000:8) In light of the imperative need for pedagogical innovation to enhance teaching and learning in higher education, this research reports on the innovative use of the focused freewriting technique in an intensive writing course offered as an academic support program to ESP students in the college of political science at Al-Nahrain University. | ||
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