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WCF AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN DEVELOPING THE WRITING COMPREHENS­ION OF LEARNERS

- JEANNETTE P. ALFONSO

$t present, the curriculum in the 3hilippine­s¶ educationa­l system is outcome based 7he students are JiYen Yarious hands on learninJ e[periences on the different tasks, per formances, and actiYities related to the mastery of skills and academic achieYemen­t 7he . to 3roJram reTuires more students¶ actiYe enJaJement or outriJht participat­ion in the teachinJ learninJ process +oweYer, the role of the teacher is still immense and there is still a need for the superYisio­n of the teacher especially in the teachinJ of writinJ skills

2ne of the ways to Juide learners in masterinJ the skill of writinJ and eYentually JaininJ writinJ comprehens­ion, with the aYoidance of outriJht spoon feedinJ, is by proYidinJ written correctiYe feedback *iYinJ feedback is one of the most suitable tools that a teacher can use to channel the Jap between what learners know and what learners need to know

$s enumerated by %adayos , teachers can reflect on deYelopinJ effectiYe writinJ skills amonJ learners learners will only learn how to write well by readinJ Jood materi als learners will only learn how to write well if are JiYen numerous writinJ e[ercises to write in and out of the classroom learners will only learn how to write well if they see the teacher as an effectiYe writer learners will only learn how to write well if their teachers are creatiYe and critical in the assessment of a learner¶s writeup learners will only learn how to write well if they are not afraid to commit errors in writinJ, lastly, learners will only learn how to write well if they comprehend that ³to read is to write´ and ³to write is to learn effectiYe writinJ´

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7he author is 7eacher ,,, at 6ta %arbara (lementary 6chool 3roper

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