Annotation

The theme of present diploma work is “Peer-assisted writing activities for promoting EFL learners’ narrative writing skills”. It was done by Bakhytbekova Zhulduz, student of group ZPhi-14-3ks. The supervisor is a chief lecturer A.A Zhaulbayeva The defense year- 2017. The object of research: Foreign language methodology

In the first chapter demonstrates the study of scientific and educational literature concerning the issues revealed in the diploma work.

The second chapter is devoted to the theoretical consideration of peer-assisted writing in teaching foreign language, the nature of writing, aspects of language proficiency in writing achievement, approaches in teaching foreign language writing, the role of writing strategy, the nature of narrative text, the factors influencing narrative writing skill, features of teaching narrative writing to EFL learners, the nature of a peer assisted writing activity, the influence of a peer assisted writing activity on narrative writing skill, developing the writing skills of ESL students through the collaborative learning strategy, the effectiveness of peer assisted writing to teach writing viewed from students’ creativity

The third chapter considers practical analysis of peer-assisted writing activities for promoting EFL learners’ narrative writing skills, using peer-assisted writing activities in foreign language classroom, practical recommendation for using peer-assisted learning in the ESL writing classroom, the advantages and challenges of using blog in EFL writing class, collaborative writing in ESL classes.

The main part of the diploma work consists of 76 pages. There are 3 appendices. The list of bibliography includes of 42 literary sources.

Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………..	10
1 Analytical review………………………………………………………………...	13
2 Theoretical consideration of peer-assisted writing in teaching foreign language.	16
2.1 The nature of writing…………………………………………………………	16
2.1.1 Aspects of language proficiency in writing achievement……………………	17
2.2 Approaches in teaching foreign language writing……………………………..	21
2.3 The role of writing strategy……………………………………………………	27
2.4 The nature of narrative text……………………………………………………	30
2.4.1 The factors influencing narrative writing skill………………………………	30
2.4.2 Features of teaching narrative writing to EFL learners……………………...	31
2.5 The nature of a peer assisted writing activity………………………………….	36
2.6 The influence of a peer assisted writing activity on narrative writing skill…...	37
2.7 Developing the writing skills of ESL students through the collaborative learning strategy…………………………………………………………………...	41
2.8 The effectiveness of peer assisted writing to teach writing viewed from students’ creativity…………………………………………………………………	43
3 Practical analysis of peer-assisted writing activities for promoting EFL learners’ narrative writing skills…………………………………………………...	46
3.1 Using peer-assisted writing activities in foreign language classroom…………	49
3.2 Practical recommendation for using peer-assisted learning in the ESL writing classroom…………………………………………………………………………..	56
3.3 The advantages and challenges of using blog in EFL writing class…………...	61
3.4 Narrative writing in ESL classes ……………………………………………...	67
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………	70
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………….	72
Appendix A. Creative writing……………………………………………………..	77
Appendix B. Writing fluency activity......................................................................	78
Appendix C. Grammatical features of narrative texts……………………………..	79

Normative references

The given diploma work is relied upon references on the following normative documents:

1 Қазақстан Республикасының «Білім туралы заңы» 27.07.2007 ж. № 319-3 Астана

2 Мемлекет басшысы Н.Назарбаевтың Қазақстан халқына жолдауы. 2015 жылғы 30 қараша. «Қазақстан жаңа жаһандық нақты ахуалда: өсім,реформалар,даму» .

3 Қазақстан Республикасында білім беруді дамытудың 2011-2020 жылдарға арналған мемлекеттік бағдарламасы.

Definitions

Writing - is the most complex skill among other language skills because in writing students need to think hard to produce some words, sentences, and paragraph at the same time.

Fluency - is the capacity to use language in real time, to ensure meanings, possibly drawing on more lexicalized systems.

Accuracy - is the ability to avoid error in performance, possibly reflecting higher levels of control in the language as well as a conservative orientation, that is, avoidance of challenging structures that might provoke error.

Complexity - is the capacity to use more advanced language, with the possibility that such language may not be controlled so effectively.

Abbreviations

ELT – English language teaching

ESL –English as a second language

SL – second language

FL – foreign language

SMS – short message service

L2 – second language

L1 – native language

CLT- Communicative Language Teaching

CC- communicative competence

ICT- Information communication technology

BALL - Blog Assisted Language Learning

CAF – Complexity, accuracy, fluency