Us Home Links Students don't learn to write by listening to lectures about how to write. They learn to write by making an investment in a communicative process, by writing often, by getting feedback from different audiences, and by revising their work in response to such feedback.
Writing is learned in various contexts.
Therefore, the instrutor's primary obligation will be to create the kind of climate and situations in which students want to write and to organize the class in such a way that the students do a great deal of writing, a great deal of commenting on each other's work, and a great deal of revising. It is not a waste of time to do these things in class where instructors can intervene to correct and praise. In creating the kind of atmosphere in which students want to write, you may find the following suggestions helpful. Above all, you can show respect for the work of others, including the work of your students. Often, this may be hard to do because some student work may seem immature and lacking in style and thoughtfulness.