APPLYING PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES IN DEVELOPING EFL LEARNERS’ WRITING SKILLS

Abstract

Abstract. Despite its many benefits, writing is the most difficult of the four language skills for the use of a foreign language. In educational process, writing, which has been neglected in traditional practice of foreign language teaching process, is also one of the most serious skills to be acquired. It is not just words, but meaningful communication. There are various ways, strategies and techniques for teachers to choose from to design their writing class. Therefore, teachers need to use their creativity to find solutions to these problems and should choose the most effective one to form learners’ writing skills. This paper discusses past and present writing approaches. In addition, it applies the problem solving strategies to develop EFL students’ writing skills at the International University of Tourism and Hospitality in Turkestan, Kazakhstan. The purpose of the proposed article is to review some existing approaches and strategies towards teaching writing and offer some practical recommendations for the application of problem solving strategies. The main concern is to enable students to acquire writing skills relying on strategies through working towards the solution of the problem where they are provided with models to follow. The methodical part of the study is devoted to the experiment that we conducted with the students of the International University of Tourism and Hospitality in Turkestan. The study results show the effectiveness of problem-solving approach in the formation of EFL learners’ writing skills.