1.

Teaching of English
composition
2. Principle of
teaching composition
3. Types of
composition
Presentation by
Irum Yousaf

Content

What is English composition?

Teaching of English Composition
Principles of writing
Types of English composition

What is English composition ?

the act or process of producing a literary work.
a short essay written as a school exercise.
Why its important ?
Whenever we deliver a massage, thought, idea to other people
in written form, we try to give it a proper shape by composing
its various parts. The effectiveness of our massage depends on
how we compose its parts

English Compulsory
code:651
B.E.D, unit 1-9

Examples of English composition

Essays
Letters
Applications
Articles
Story
A report

Things to keep in mind while

composition
1. Processing and planning our ideas(organic whole +
skeleton)
2. Paragraph formation(sub parts, one theme)
3. Structure of paragraph (deductive + inductive)
4. Cohesion (linking sentences will give the impression of
thematic unity to the paragraph , skill is known as cohesion)
5. Coherence(the skill of ordering the sub ideas at a local or
paragraph level is known as coherence)
6.
7.

English
Transition (conversion from one idea to other)
Compulsory
Descriptive writing( describe people, place or things)

8. Narrative writing (events)

9. Expositive writing

code:651

Expository writing

1. definition
2. Classification
3. Comparison and contrast
4. Analogy (is a comparison between a known object and
unknown)
5. Cause and effect

Teaching of English composition

1.

Introducing creative writing

Making it relevant to life

2. Practice and revise
In writing, I believe that practice makes, if not
perfect, at least more competent
3.Overcoming difficulties
assigning work on which students have to ponder, judge ,
write and recheck i.e. research
4. Modeling writing

Principles Of Writing
Following are some principles of writing
i.

Making strokes with proper hand movements. This

means to know from where to start a word and where to
end it.

ii. Write letter of appropriate size and proper shapes.

iii. Write letter in words with proper space.
iv. Write words in sentence with proper space.
v. Write correct spelling in words.
vi. Write capital letters correctly.
vii. Write legibly and neatly.

How to introduce writing

Teacher teaches students by
Demonstration
drawing pattern
It helps the student to write correct words
and helps to recognize words while reading
showing correct shape and size of an
alphabet
So learner may learn alphabet by imitating
teacher

Types of Composition
Researchers have divided composition into
following types.
1. Guided and controlled Composition
2. Free composition
3. Oral composition
4. Written composition
5. Picture composition

Guided and controlled

Composition
Learners are provided all the structural
and vocabulary items to express their
thoughts and ideas the role of teacher is
only to guide by questions, pictures, clues
etc.
Learner works independently under
guidance of teacher.

Free Composition

Learners express their ideas freely ,

without controlled manner.
This type of composition develops the
ability of learner through insight
Students freely choose their structure and
vocabulary , express their own thoughts
and ideas on given topic.

Oral Composition
Learners express their ideas orally.
This composition may be free or
controlled.
Learners are prohibited to use pen or
pencil.
Useful in primary classes of English
teaching.

Written composition

Learners express ideas and thoughts

in written form.
The written composition may be free
or controlled.

Pictures composition

This composition may be guided or free.

Students observation skill improves.
After proper observation of picture they
arrange their ideas in proper sequence by
using correct vocabulary and sentences