Interactive writing in the efl class: a repertoire of tasks

1. What writing strategies can you remember? (e. G.: fluent writing, free writing, etc.) What is meant by “interactive writing”? Find passages in the text that explain its essence.

Vocabulary Enrichment

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2. Make sure you can explain the following terms from the text: cultural awareness, discourse, genre and process approaches to writing, language registers, memory aids, open-ended story, overhead projector, performance, reinforcement, schemata, validity.

3. Scan the vocabulary for words dealing with a) the Internet; b) reading and writing. Be ready to explain their meanings.

4. Match the words and their groups of synonyms:

Achievement;	Appraisal, evaluation, estimation, measurement;
Assessment;	Aptitude, cleverness, intellect, acumen;
Assignment;	Attainment, accomplishment, success;
Awareness;	Consciousness, knowledge, understanding, grasp, perception;
Collaboration;	Influence, impression;
Comprehension;	Learning by heart, learning by rote;
Curriculum;	Performance, execution, carrying out;
Guidelines;	Purpose, aim, goal, intention;
Impact;	Rule, strategy, plan, guiding principle, course of action, procedure;
Implementation;	Set of courses, program, syllabus, course, program of study;
Intelligence;	Skill, ability, talent, expertise, aptitude, know-how, competence;
Memorization;	Support, encouragement, backing;
Objective;	Task, job, project, duty;
Proficiency;	Team work, partnership, group effort, cooperation;
Promotion;	Understanding, grasp, knowledge, command, intellectual capacity;