Writing Strategies
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Cognitive Strategies
- Take class notes in the target language as much as possible.
- Use reference materials such as glossary or dictionary to find or verify words.
- Writing different kinds of texts in the target language (E.g. notes, letters, papers)
Compensation strategies
- Use grammatical knowledge to form the sentences you’d never used before.
- Find a different way to express the idea when you don’t know the correct expression (e.g. use a synonym or describe the idea).
Metacognitive Strategies
- Use the background knowledge to help you with ideas
- Review what you have already written before continuing to write more.
Social Strategies
- Read the feedback from my previous writing.
- Discuss what you’re going to write with other students or my teachers.
- Try to learn the appropriate writing style in Chinese culture.