ELT365 · Day 195 — Writing Sub-Skills

Idea — Writing involves distinct sub-skills: generating ideas, organising, drafting, revising for content, editing for language. Good tasks target specific sub-skills.

Example — Brainstorming targets idea generation. Re-ordering targets organisation. Reformulation targets editing. Each does different cognitive work.

Try — Take a writing task you use. Identify which sub-skill it primarily trains. Which sub-skill does it neglect entirely?

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