Addressing students’ lack of interest in writing and their tendency to repeat mistakes, Dr Sze outlined several digital writing solutions which could stimulate students’ interest and facilitate the sharing of written work. By shortening the length of writing tasks, increasing the amount of time spent writing collaboratively, and enhancing students’ sense of ownership towards their writing, Dr Sze hoped teachers would be able to motivate student writers to address their own language accuracy themselves.
With Dr Sze’s help, Ms Jenny Leung pioneered another potential solution in her English class: flipped process writing. She found that a lower number of writing tasks per semester, enhanced pre-lesson digital tasks, extended collaborative planning and comprehensive peer evaluation greatly improved students’ creativity, engagement and accuracy in written work.
The workshop attracted a substantial turnout of secondary teachers, many of whom are in a position to incorporate and further develop these new strategies while teaching writing.
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