Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
Vol 5, No 2: December 2005, Nationally Accredited

CONFERENCING: AN INTERACTIVE STRATEGY IN TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING

Wienny Ardriyati (Wienny Ardriyati, M.Pd. is a lecturer at STIE Stikubank, Semarang. She received her M.Pd. from State University of Semarang.)
Sri Murtiningsih (Sri Murtiningsih is a lecturer at STIE Stikubank, Semarang.)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2015

Abstract

Writing plays an essential role in our personal and professional lives. It becomes one of the important components in learning and teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP). This article suggests the benefits of teaching writing by using conferencing technique is effective for communicative purposes in an interactive way. In this context, the teaching of writing for the students in their widely varying personal needs and goals can be in the form of conferencing, a short meeting between the students and the teacher. Teaching writing through conferencing gives some benefits, for instance, it enables the teacher to modify and adapt instructional methods and approaches according to the students needs. From this perspective, writing implying the successful transmission of ideas from the writer to a reader through a text, this exchange of information becomes a powerful means to encourage the development this language skill.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

celt

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published biannually in the months of July and December with p-ISSN (printed): 1412-3320 & e-ISSN (electronic/online): 2502-4914 It presents articles around the area of culture, English ...