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Writing Skill
INTRODUCTION
Writing skills help the learner gain independence , comprehensibility , fluency
and creativity in writing.

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DEFINITION
Writing skills are specific abilities which help writers put their thoughts
into words in a meaningful form and to mentally interact with the message

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DISCUSSION
Here are some writing goals as defined by Hampton 1989 :
•Writers are independent when they are able to write without much assistance.
•Writers gain comprehensibility when they can write so that it can be read and
understood by themselves and others.
•Writers are fluent when they are able to write smoothly and easily as well as
understandably.
•Writers gain creativity when they can write their own ideas, not copying what
has already been written, so that they can be read and understood.

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KINDS OF WRITING SKILL
•Comprehensibility skills for writing include understanding that writing is
communicating messages or information.
•Fluency skill for writing include :
recognizing the linear sequence of sounds.
mastering writing motions and letter shapes.
recognizing the chunking of words.
recognizing the need for space between words.
writing quickly.
•Creativity skills for writing include the ability to write freely anything the
learner wants to write.

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Micro-Skills of Writing
•Use the correct forms of words. This may mean using forms that express
the right tense, or case or gender.
•Put words together in correct word order.
•Use vocabulary correctly.
•Use the style appropriate to the genre and audience.
•Make the main sentence constituents, such as subject, verb, and object,
clear to the reader.
•Make the main ideas distinct from supporting ideas or information.
make the text coherent.