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21IMPROVEMENT ESL STUDENTS WRITING SKILLS
Nodira Shukurova
Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education and Sport
ABSTRACT
Present article is devoted to improve ESL students writing skill in English. Writing is one of the most important skills English as a second language learners must master, particularly for students and working professionals. That is because unlike in speaking exercises, when you write you leave a lasting record of your language. Mistakes in spelling, grammar and word choice are immediately evident.
In addition, while literacy skills are not a reflection of intelligence or knowledge, poor writing can cause a student to receive lower marks, despite their understanding of the subject being discussed. In a professional context, people may judge you as lazy or untrustworthy if you send emails full of mistakes. They are also likely to assume your spoken ability in English is quite low, though this may or may not be the case. That is why it is important to improve writing skills in English before they prevent you from reaching your full potential at school or in the workplace
Keywords: chances, composition, fluency, enhance, convincing, articulate.
INTRODUCTION
Fortunately, the more often you write, the easier it will be to access the English you are looking for and express yourself accurately and fluently. Researchers know that if you are a strong writer in your first language, chances are you will also be a strong writer in English. That is because strategy use transfers. However, you can always learn to be more strategic as a writer and improve your skills by signing up for a class. A composition course, even one aimed at native speakers, will help you improve the way you react to different texts, organize your ideas and bring together vocabulary, grammar and tone to enhance your writing. Spelling and fluency, when it comes to the actual process of putting words on paper, can be improved by taking an online course. Keep in mind that you cannot learn how to write overnight. It is a process and the more you write and receive feedback on your written work, the stronger you will become.
LITERATURE REVIEW AND METHODOLOGY
Reading is a receptive skill that requires an individual to make meaning from the language input to which they are exposed. In writing, learners must actually
create meaning and produce their own language. That is why writing is so hard, even for native speakers. It begins with translating ideas into language and moving them around so the reader can follow your train of thought. Next, comes the process of revising to find the most precise and convincing wording that renders ideas clearly and concisely. Finally, you need to make sure there are no grammar, spelling or formatting errors which will distract the reader from what you are saying. Start with a mind-map. A great way to set the stage for a piece of writing is by brainstorming ideas related to your topic and activating all of the English you will need to express yourself. Try creating a mind-map in which you write down any prior knowledge you have on the subject in bullet points and specify facts or opinions you would like to include. You may also choose to make a list of English vocabulary words that will help you articulate your thoughts. Use an outline. A blank page can be intimidating, even for the most seasoned writers. Give yourself something to work with by laying out the structure of your piece in advance. Leave placeholders for an introduction, several paragraphs that provide support for your thesis and a conclusion and then use your mind-map to fill in the details.
Learn how to type. Did you know that we think a lot faster than we write? Translating ideas into language can be slow and cumbersome if you are handwriting or hunting for individual letters, one key at a time. You can lose your train of thought and or experience frustration with the mechanics of writing. However, you can automatize the process and help your thoughts flow freely through your fingertips and onto the screen by learning how to touch-type. You will not only be faster, but more accurate too.
Revise, revise and revise some more. Writing is a process that involves crafting a sentence then going back to re-read what comes before. You want to be sure your ideas make sense in a particular order and that you have used a variety of different vocabulary and phrasing to express yourself. When you write on a computer, you can use the same document for your mind-map, outline and initial draft. Being able to copy, paste and delete means revisions are a lot easier to make. Continue to write and revise until you are happy with your draft. Have a native-speaker proofread your work. Everyone makes mistakes in writing. This is because when you have been focused on a text for so long, it becomes hard to see the errors. Leave your work for a day or two before you come back to it to proofread. It is also helpful to ask an English speaker to take a look as they are likely to catch awkward phrasing and may even be able to provide you with some more native-like solutions when it comes to re-wording and presenting your ideas. Depending on the length of your piece, you can sign up for a language exchange and help someone with their writing in your
native language at the same time. Use spelling and grammar checks. Some learners may feel that relying on automatic spelling and grammar checks is cheating because it prevents you from catching your own errors and allows you to be less accurate. However, these checks can help call attention to problems with your English grammar and/or spelling skills. Use the content that they bring up as a learning experience and decide on how to revise each error by weighing their suggestions. You will be surprised at how much you learn. Build your productive vocabulary. Most English language learners have a larger receptive vocabulary than a productive one. This means you may understand a word when you see it but it will not necessarily show up in your writing. Purposefully using words you have recently learned is one way to increase your productive vocabulary. When you use a word in your writing it makes it more available the next time you sit down to compose a sentence. Another strategy is to use a thesaurus to look up alternatives to the words you have chosen. Just be sure you do not pepper your text with awkward word-choices that do not fit the context or your original phrasing.
DISCUSSION
View the improvement of students' writing as your responsibility. Teaching writing is not only the job of the English department alone. Writing is an essential tool for learning a discipline and helping students improve their writing skills is a responsibility for all faculty. Let students know that you value good writing. Stress the importance of clear, thoughtful writing. Faculty who tell students that good writing will be rewarded and poor writing will be penalized receive better essays than instructors who do not make such demands. In the syllabus, on the first day, and throughout the term, remind students that they must make their best effort in expressing themselves on paper. Back up your statements with comments on early assignments that show, you really mean it, and your students will respond. Regularly assign brief writing exercises in your classes.
To vary the pace of a lecture course, ask students to write a few minutes during class. Some mixture of in-class writing, outside writing assignments, and exams with open-ended questions will give students the practice they need to improve their skills.
Provide guidance throughout the writing process.
After you have made the assignment, discuss the value of outlines and notes, explain how to select and narrow a topic, and critique the first draft, define plagiarism as well. Do not feel as though you have to read and grade every piece of your students' writing. Ask students to analyze each other's work during class, or ask them to critique their work in small groups. Students will learn that they are writing in
order to think more clearly, not obtain a grade. Keep in mind, you can collect students' papers and skim their work. Find other faculty members who are trying to use writing more effectively in their courses. Pool ideas about ways in which writing can help students learn more about the subject matter. See if there is sufficient interest in your discipline to warrant drawing up guidelines. Students welcome handouts that give them specific instructions on how to write papers for a particular course or in a particular subject area.
RESULTS
Writing is important because it is used extensively in higher education and in the workplace. If students do not know how to express themselves in writing, they will not be able to communicate well with professors, employers, peers, or just about anyone else. Much of professional communication is done in writing: proposals, memos, reports, applications, preliminary interviews, e-mails, and more are part of the daily life of a college student or successful graduate.
Thus, this article focuses on the development of students' writing through using two most common approaches to writing, i.e. the product approach and the process approach. Writing is important because it is used extensively in higher education and in the workplace. If students do not know how to express themselves in writing, they will not be able to communicate well with professors, employers, peers, or just about anyone else. Much of professional communication is done in writing: proposals, memos, reports, applications, preliminary interviews, e-mails, and more are part of the daily life of a college student or successful graduate.
CONCLUSION
To sum up writing as a skill is very important in teaching and learning a foreign language; it helps pupils to assimilate letters and sounds of the English language, its vocabulary and grammar, and to develop habits and skills in pronunciation, speaking, and reading. In the area of ESL, writing has many uses and functions. To begin with, the ability to write acceptable scientific English is essential for post-graduate students who must write their dissertations in English. Moreover, writing ESL allows for communication to large numbers of people all over the world. It also provides students with physical evidence of their achievement. This in turn helps them to determine what they know and what they do not know. As Irmscher notes, "In our minds, we can fool ourselves. Not on paper. If no thought is in our minds, nothing comes out. Mental fuzziness translates into words only as fuzziness or meaninglessness".
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