How to Improve Your Writing Skills
Original Editor - Michael Rowe
Top Contributors - Ewa Jaraczewska, Jess Bell and Kim Jackson
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Transforming and organising ideas into written text is a complex activity. Writing is a process which involves integration of higher and lower level skills. [1][2] Content, structure and organization are considered a high level skills, while punctuation, choice of appropriate vocabulary and grammatical structures are low level skills. [1]
Writing competence is essential in both daily lives and academic achievement. [3]A person's ability to write well, and to communicate their thinking clearly and effectively through writing, is essential for learning. Writing helps individuals to express their ideas effectively.[1] It assists with building their analytical, rational and critical thinking skills. [1] Writing helps in improving persons'presentation skills and builds effective oral communication skill by making the speech eloquent, concise and elegant.[1]
Academic writing is a complex phenomenon that includes a creation of essays, reports, theses up to scientific papers, or reviews of articles. [4] Students need writing skills to be able to execute their academic tasks. [5] This article will discuss different perspective on writing and offers suggestions on how to improve ability to write and to communicate thinking more effectively.
Definitions[edit | edit source]
Writing: is a form of human communication that involves the representation of language through symbols.
Text: the result of writing.
Reader: the interpreter of the text.
Why Writing?[edit | edit source]
Writing should be a way of improving persons' ability to think and to learn. It should bring clarity and structure to the writers' thinking and the way they can improve learning and understanding.
Weak Writing[edit | edit source]
Most novice writers are weak writes. The following are considered main reasons for poor writing:
- The curse of knowledge: the writer is unable to grasp the idea that the reader may not have the same level of knowledge
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bora P. Importance of Writing Skill to Develop Students’ Communication Skill. JRSPELT 2023; 7(35).
- ↑ Ushbah Mubarok F, Nurul Asri A. Infographics: Media for Improving Students’ Writing Abilities. KnE Social Sciences 2020, 4(4).
- ↑ Kim YG, Yang D, Reyes M, Connor C. Writing Instruction Improves Students' Writing Skills Differentially Depending on Focal Instruction and Children: A Meta-Analysis for Primary Grade Students. Educ Res Rev. 2021 Nov;34:100408.
- ↑ Muhammadolimovna KZ. Methods of developing academic writing skills of students. American Journal of Pedagogical and Educational Research. 2023 Jan 31;8:149-54.
- ↑ Schillings M, Roebertsen H, Savelberg H, Dolmans D. A review of educational dialogue strategies to improve academic writing skills. Active Learning in Higher Education. 2023 Jul;24(2):95-108.
