Improving Writing Skills through the Writing Process Approach : from Theory to Practice

ABSTRACT : This action-research aimed at exploring how the implementation of the Writing Process Approach improve students writing skill particularly by writing a descriptive text. It was conducted in a public school in Rionegro, Antioquia with 35 sixth graders. Action strategies included three stages of the Writing Process Approach: Prewriting, Drafting and Revising. Data collection instruments included teacher’s journal, students’ artefacts, and a focus group. Findings referred to the positive impact and improvements in students’ writing skills in each stage in the Writing Process Approach in terms of composing, sentence formation and usage.

• Autores: Zapata Mejía, Eduardo Andrés
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/42466
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/42466
• Palabra clave: Action research; English language - Study and teaching; Enseñanza de una segunda lengua; Second language instruction; Enseñanza de idiomas; Language instruction; Inglés - Enseñanza; Investigación acción; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000722; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043705; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3932; http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept59
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/