11/1/2018 Towards better Writing instruction in HK: 7 things we can do

[Junior Forms]

1. Provide more opportunities to students to do process and collaborative writing for the purpose of peer learning
2. Use of different tools/ graded activities to cater for learners’ diversity.
3. Conduct more creative writing instead of spoon-feeding students with stock phrases and writing framework at an early age which possibly discourage them from writing

[Senior Forms]

1. Allow teachers to do focused marking so as to revisit some critical mistakes that students must pay attention to
2. Focus more on content, organisation and style instead of merely grammatical accuracy
3. Relate writing tasks to daily life and experience so that students find writing tasks relatable and meaningful

[Administration]

1. Reduce the number of writing tasks for each academic year so as to leave room for teachers to spend more time on quality teaching of writing rather than meaningless marking