Teaching Writing in Theory and Practice
A Study of Ways of Working with Writing in the 9th Grade
Compulsory schoolEFLEnglish as a Foreign LanguageGenre WritingProcess WritingWriting assignmentsWriting theory
The main purpose of this study is to take a closer look at how teachers work with writing and to examine some theories on the teaching of writing. Five teachers in two schools are included in order to get an insight in teachers? practical work with EFL writing. This has been done through classroom observations and interviews. The results show that all teachers seem to use aspects from several theories. The results also show that the teachers? level of awareness of theories on teaching writing varies