Stage 3 guidelines for writing: Orthography

Here is an orthography objective for Stage 3 learners for writing:

To achieve good control of spelling, punctuation, or nonalphabetic symbol production

Here are some orthography strategies for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

• Ask for correction

  Ask a language associate (LA) or other local friend check your work for errors, even after your own checking process.

• Practice

  Dictation and transcription of texts are good ways to get practice in writing. Transcription allows you to see the flow of text, and to hear what phonological things are happening to speech chunks.

• Selective attention

  Work specifically on the areas (of the objectives listing) in which you have less established control.

Here are some orthography techniques for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

Full transcriptions of texts

Writing summaries of what you have read or heard

Here is an orthography activity for Stage 3 guidelines for writing:

Use your writing skills at work and for everyday practical purposes, such as writing letters, lists, notes. Discipline yourself to write in the target language sometimes when it would be more comfortable to write in your mother tongue.

• Generic module: Stage 3 guidelines for writing: Orthography
• In overview module: Stage 3: Writing modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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