Pre, during and post writing

Introduction

Academic writing involves planning out the content and organization of your paper, contemplating your audience, researching or collecting relevant information, and completing various stages of drafting, revising, and editing. Let's take a deeper look at these processes.

Introduction

Pre-writing

Pre-writing is the "generating ideas" part of the writing process, the moment in which students gather their information and begin to organize it. This can be done through different methods:

• Associograms / brainstorming

• Prompts (images, music, realia)

• Interviews

But the most important aspect to take into account deffinitely is BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.

During writing

Students will need guidance to focus on the purpose of the writing. This can be done through paying attention to the arc, so actual writing structure has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Post-writing

Good writers revise and edit their writings not only at the beginning, but also afterwards. This can be done through asking students to:

• Re-read.

• Add phrases to make the story flow.

• Eliminate "fluff" (unnecesary or redundant details).

Reflection

Effective writing is not only knowing grammar rules or vocabulary, it is also a process in which the writer becomes aware of the power his/her words have. We, as teachers, have to provide students with methods and techniques in order to develop their thinking and writing skills to the fullest.