Writing an Opinion Essay: Genre-Based Classroom Materials

Fl Copias

Año: 2019 p. 118

978-987-1976-85-0

This handbook is the first of a multi-level series of genre-based materials published in close coordination between the Chairs of English Language III and IV. It is an attempt to provide students of English Language III with the necessary theoretical background and practice material for developing their writing skills so that they are better equipped to meet the challenges of writing within the conventions of required texts. The handbook is divided into two main sections:PART A, which consists of two chapters, provides the theoretical framework to start working on the opinion essay. The first chapter includes an abbreviated history of changing paradigms in the teaching and learning of writing as well as an introduction to the opinion essay. The second chapter is intended to provide an introduction to Genre Theory and an explanation of the Teaching and Learning Cycle in Practice.PART B, which consists of five chapters, contains the actual activities based on thecycle of teaching and learning: building the social context, modelling, joint construction, independent construction and linking related texts (Feez, 1998) and have been designed for English Language III students on the basis of authentic assignments and student sample texts.