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Teaching Writing Skills Based on a Genre Approach to L2 Primary School Students: An Action Research

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  • Hyejeong Ahn

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This article, based on research findings, examines the effect of implementing a genre approach to develop writing competency of Year 5 and 6 L2 primary school students. Using action research, the genre approach was implemented over a 10-week term with two lessons per week in a culturally and linguistically diverse ESL class in a South Australian public metropolitan primary school. Two specific genres, Report and Essay writing, were taught using a three-staged teaching and learning cycle (TLC), based on Vygotsky’s notion of scaffolding. Assessment was conducted by comparing students’ writing samples, before and after the teaching intervention. The results indicated that the teacher’s active scaffolding processes at the early stage of the cycle benefited students by making them aware of the different ways texts are organised for different communicative purposes. In addition, students’ confidence level increased and the approach encouraged a positive attitude towards writing.

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  • Hyejeong Ahn, 2012. "Teaching Writing Skills Based on a Genre Approach to L2 Primary School Students: An Action Research," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 5(2), pages 1-2, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:5:y:2012:i:2:p:2
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    1. Amira Desouky Ali, 2020. "Implementing Action Research in EFL/ESL Classrooms: a Systematic Review of Literature 2010–2019," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 341-362, June.
    2. Aftab Ahmad & Abdul Majeed Khan & Muhammad Samiullah, 2019. "Effects of Communicative Teaching on Lab Report Writing Skills at Secondary Level Schools in Islamabad (Pakistan)," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(3), pages 412-424, September.
    3. Suharyadi & Yazid Basthomi, 2020. "Patterns of the Teaching and Learning Cycle of GBA by EFL Teachers in Indonesia," Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 7(1), pages 34-41.
    4. Zarihan Samsudin, 2017. "The Application of Bandura�s Social Learning Theory in the Teaching of Academic Writing," GATR Journals gjbssr461, Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise.

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