Exploring the Teaching of Writing: A Case Study of Two School Teachers

Abstract

Writing is a difficult skill for many learners as it involves more than putting sentences together in language that is grammatically correct and appropriate. It requires a high degree of organization regarding the development and structuring of ideas, information, arguments, a high degree of accuracy, complex grammar devices, careful choice of vocabulary, and sentence structures in order to create style, tone and information appropriate for the readers of the written text. Writing needs to be taught and which is learned from practice. The main purpose of this article is to take a look at how two grade 11 English language teachers work withwriting and exploring their writing skills instruction. Two teachers in twodifferent schools are included in order to get an insight into teachers’ practice of the teaching of writing skills. This has been done through classroom observations, and interviews. The results show that both teachers seem to use aspects from several theories of writing. The results also show that the teachers’ level of awareness of theories and practice of teaching writing are not matched