PREPARING FOR THE WRITING SECTION OF ENGLISH TESTS: MAIN STAGES OF WRITING PROCESS
Journal Title: Науковий часопис Національного педагогічного університету імені М. П. Драгоманова. Серія 5 Педагогічні науки: реалії та перспективи - Year 2018, Vol 60, Issue 1
Abstract
In this article the problem of preparing for the students, for whom English is not a native language, for making a written part of British IELTS-test is shown. The analysis of the stages of preparation for the written part of the test is conducted on the basis of the section “General Training Writing”, consisting of two main elements. Despite their similarity, the tasks require from the students to use different skills and abilities. For example, the first task evaluates the students’ ability to assess the overall situation and provide information. It requires writing in response to a particular graph (bar, line or pie graph), table, chart, or process (how something works, how something is done). This task tests an ability to select and report the main features, to describe and compare data, identify significance and trends in factual information, or describe a process. While the second task evaluates the ability to offer solutions to a problem, to evaluate and challenge ideas, to prove and argue their point of view.During this task, the students are presented with a topic and are tested on their ability to respond by giving and justifying an opinion, discussing the topic, summarizing details, outlining problems, identifying possible solutions and supporting what you write with reasons, arguments and relevant examples from their own knowledge or experience. There¬fore, the article proposes the distribution of the written process for the main components and justifies the expediency of using this theoretical base in the process of preparing students. As the result, students will achieve an ability to use a wide range of vocabulary with very natural and sophisticated control of lexical features; and to show rare minor errors, which occur only as “slips”; to use a wide range of structures with full flexibility and accuracy and to address fully all parts of the task.
Authors and Affiliations
N. Yu. Karpenkova
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP510659
- DOI -
- Views 63
- Downloads 0
Theoretical and methodological analysis of the concepts «competence», «competency» and «professional competency»
The article analyzes and substantiates the theoretical approaches to the definition of the concept of «competence», «competency» and «professional competency» and their content, essence and interconnection are considered...
The development of sntellectual skills of young teacher of natural sciences in nonformal education system
The article is about implementation one of tasks of research - creating organizational and pedagogical conditions by the Cathedra of Sciences and Mathematics Education and Information Technologies Mykolayiv Regional Inst...
The necessity of the educational ideal in the modern system of education in Ukraine
The need for standards of education is the dominant in the system of education of Ukraine. The moral level of the modern young generation of alarms or even frightening – that will bring us the future. A powerful source o...
Training course “Computer astronomy” in Pedagogical University.
Modified the problem of teacher training (teacher) in Astronomy and senior high school to professional work and a program of discipline “Computer astronomy".
Trends of fundamentalization of professional training of future social workers
The fundamentalization of professional education as a priority direction of the development of university education, directed at forming of a system of thinking in students, practical knowledge of social reality and an i...