Teaching writing in English Lessons Objectives

What do people write in real life?
People write letters, e-mails, shopping lists, diaries, notes, lectures, lesson plans, poems, novels, articles, essays in real life .
How to teach writing?
One of the headaches that the teachers of English in EFL classrooms face is how to teach writing. It is one of the skills that require from the students not only to be equipped with the necessary skills but also to be motivated. For most people writing is a painful process. It necessitates a training and patience.
Writing as a communicative skill
Writing is a skill that is highly required nowadays. Written communication, for example, is the most common form of business communication. E-mails and formal letters fulfill conversational-like purposes that the students have to master if they were to integrate today’s job market.
Writing serves not only communicative purposes in professional activities but also in social ones. In our every day lives, we write or reply to invitation letters, thank-you letters, text messages, etc. Even journals carry a social communicative load. Journal writers try to communicate their thoughts and feelings to themselves.
What problems do we and our learners face in writing?

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  lack of vocabulary
  
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  lack of ideas
  
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  takes too much time.
  
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  loss of student focus/interest.
  
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  not suited to some personalities.
  
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  students need to be taught (peer-editing/planning /stages).
  
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  restricts spontaneity and range of writing activities.
  

Why writing so difficult?
By its nature, writing is often a solo activity, done silently, involving physical effort and taking a lot of time. This may not make it attractive to learners or teachers as a classroom activity. In addition to this, writing is difficult, even in L1. There are linguistic, psychological and cognitive problems involved, making teaching it and learning it a considerable challenge. It is also important to remember that many people never write anything of any length in their daily lives, or anything using paper and a pen, or without using a spellchecker. But this is often what we ask them to do in English.