Teach writing in a foreign language: A teacher training proposal

Abstract

In the field of training foreign language (FL) teachers, the activity of preparing to teach writing is usually circumscribed to the exposition of certain didactic approaches, setting aside the discussion of conceptual, methodological and curricular aspects which are essential in order to motivate the reflective action in future teachers. In order to address this discussion, this paper elaborates on three topics: the act of writing and its characteristics, the intervening aspects in teaching to write in a foreign language, and the delineation of learning goals. With the purpose of promoting that the teacher trainee link these themes coherently, two tasks are proposed: the creation of a FL writing construct for a specific context and, based on it, the design of learning goals and its transposition into a didactic itinerary.