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UNIT I 9
Writing Skills – Essential Grammar and Vocabulary – Passive Voice, Reported Speech,
Concord, Signpost words, Cohesive Devices – Paragraph writing - Technical Writing vs.
General Writing.
WRITING SKILLS:
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with
signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language.
Writing is not a language, but a tool developed by human society. Within a language system,
writing relies on many of the same structures as speech, such as vocabulary, grammar, and
semantics, with the added dependency of a system of signs or symbols. The result of writing
is called text, and the recipient of text is called a reader. Motivations for writing include
publication, storytelling, correspondence and diary. Writing has been instrumental in keeping
history, maintaining culture, dissemination of knowledge through the media and the
formation of legal systems.
As human societies emerged, the development of writing was driven by pragmatic exigencies
such as exchanging information, maintaining financial accounts, codifying laws and
recording history. Around the 4th millennium BCE, the complexity of trade and
administration in Mesopotamia outgrew human memory, and writing became a more
dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form.[1] In both
ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica, writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political
necessity for recording historical and environmental events.
Writing is a form of communication that allows students to put their feelings and ideas on
paper, to organize their knowledge and beliefs into convincing arguments, and to convey
meaning through well-constructed text. In its most advanced form, written expression can be
as vivid as a work of art. As children learn the steps of writing, and as they build new skills
upon old, writing evolves from the first simple sentences to elaborate stories and essays.
Spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and organization come together and grow together to help the
student demonstrate more advanced writing skills each year.
OBJECTIVES OF WRITING SKILLS:
Communicate effectively in writing to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.

Use writing as a tool for thinking and learning.
Develop skill in planning writing and completing tasks.
Appropriately apply conventions of writing.
IMPORTANCE OF WRITING SKILLS:
Walk into any fifth-grade English class and you are likely to hear kids asking when they will
ever need to know this, but the truth is that writing skills play a larger part in your
professional life than you may realize. Good writing skills can help you come across as more
credible, more capable, than a colleague who frequently has typos and grammatical errors.
Profession
Obviously good writing skills are important when your job involves writing, be it as a journalist,
paralegal or public relations professional – that goes without saying. If you are employed for your
writing skills, having “good” writing skills is a job requirement. However, more professions require
good writing skills than those traditionally associated with writing. Any time a profession requires
written communication, writing skills become important.
Communication
With emails, notes, letters, texts and Tweets, most people spend a fair amount of time at work
communicating via the written word. Whether you are messaging a colleague, writing to your
manager, or crafting the company newsletter, your writing skills can boost or hinder your career
easily, even if you do not have a “writing” profession. Basically, writing skills make a difference in how
you come across.
Credibility
People with good writing skills are generally seen as more credible. Think to yourself how you would
interpret an email from a colleague that was filled with typos and grammatical errors. At best, he was
negligent in that he didn’t proofread his message or use spell check; at worst, he comes across as
less intelligent and less capable. Better writers tend to get higher grades and be perceived as more
competent and more intelligent than their less literary counterparts.
Considerations
In the workplace, you need to make sure that you proofread everything you write, from an email to a
company memo. However, just because good writing skills are a plus, you still need to pick your
battles. Correcting others can work against you, in some cases even undermining you. Further,
context and tone are just as important as grammar. While obvious mistakes are a no-no, such as
using “their” and “they’re” incorrectly, smaller errors, like confusing “who” and “whom” are less
important.

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OBJECTIVES OF WRITING SKILLS:

Communicate effectively in writing to a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.

IMPORTANCE OF WRITING SKILLS:

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