New Book: Task-Based Writing

[Mark Blohm]

Task-Based Writing is a novel and innovative solution about how to teach writing to students in the age of AI. Rather than giving them take-home writing assignments, do group writing in class with these 8 charts as a guide. You can edit the writing in class, students have fun, and you won’t worry about cheating. If you are a student, you will also benefit from this book because it explains the overall philosophy of Task-Based Writing. There are larger charts at the end of the book that you can copy or reproduce on a digital device. The connection between language teaching and ancient Chinese philosophy is especially unique. Use the concept of polarity, or yin and yang, to create fun and energy in the classroom.

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[Damian Kissey]

Congratulations Sifu Mark Blohm for teaching successfully and publishing your teaching methods

Excerpt from the book :

"Task-Based Writing is a novel and innovative solution about how to teach

writing to students in the age of AI. Rather than giving students take

home writing assignments, do group writing in class with these 8 charts as

a guide. You can edit the writing in class, students have fun, and you

won’t worry about cheating.

I have distilled these methods over many years of teaching English

writing to students in an ESL/EFL context. The methods can, however,

be used to teach writing to English learners of various ages and abilities.

Besides paragraph and essay writing, it's also a quick way to generate

content for a speech or presentation.

I did not set out to connect my teaching methods with ancient Chinese

philosophy. Instead, it came as a realization after many years of

experimentation in teaching as well as a background in Shaolin Kung Fu

and Qi Gong. Ancient texts such as the Book of Changes(I-Ching), Sun

Zi’s Art of War, the Dao De Jing, and the 36 Strategies describe

important aspects of the fundamental nature of the universe, which is

why their principles can be applied to diverse fields, including language

learning."

[Andy]

Thanks Mark Sihing for sharing this great approach /O