Building confidence and developing voice in writing

Writing at postgraduate level: building confidence and developing voice, Sarah Varney-Burch, 10.25-11.10, Monday 18th April

Writing academic essays is challenging for students, and writing essays in different academic culture can even be a nightmare for students!

In her action research, she set up a Writing Development Group with her international MA students and tried various creative activites. The result is a success!

Some tips for helping your students to develop confidence building in writing: free writing, visualisation and planning & drafting together.

Tips for helping your students to develop voice in writing: responding to the imagined audience, working together on register/style and drafting/redrafting together.

She said that they wrote together and developed a sense of community!

Setting up a Writing Development Grup is worth trying!