ARGUMENT

I chose ` Developing writing skills in the English class through children`s

literature ` to analyze how teachers can develop students' ability to write through attractive
linguistic material such as children's literature. From my experience, I noticed that pupils'
writing and speaking results are weaker than reading and listening. That's why I wanted to
start with the small classes with the development of writing based on pleasant materials that
interest and attract them. Nowadays, fewer children are interested in reading, even in
Romanian. They need to be attracted to this activity because it develops thinking, improves
language, promotes cognitive development.

Structure of the paper

The aims of the present work could be divided into two distinct categories:
a) theoretical aims that refer to general problems related to educational research and
a general presentation of children`s literature and of the methods and techniques of
developing writing skills..
b) methodological aims which consists in an attempt of finding, showing and
implementing the best methods, techniques and activities that could be efficient in teaching
writing through children`s literature.
In the first chapter I talked about children's literature, its importance and types of
literature. I also made an analysis of the School Curriculum from a Comparative Perspective.
Chapter two included the role of child literacy in children's development, its definitions
and the selection criteria.
Chapter three analyzed the language skills, the teaching methods for children's
literature and writing development, the role of literacy in developing the ability to speak and
write in English, the methods used to develop the ability to read and write, types of writing,
and steps to improve writing.
Chapter four consisted of a study of the general approaches, the different learning styles
of class-adapted pupils to maximize learning for all students, the methods and techniques of
teaching writing, how we can create a writing classroom and the writing process.
Chapter five was the practical part, an exploration of an experimental teaching of
literature for children, trying to develop their ability to write, experimenting on two different
fifth grades in the same period, one by teaching with traditional methods and one with
modern methods of writing development.
The last part `Conclusions` includes final comments and represents a synthesis of
the whole paper.
The paper also contains annexes that comprise lesson plans, examples of games,
exercises and activities.