SEEU Review vol. 6 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

Elena Spirovska, MSc.; Hajrulla Hajrullai; Luiza Zeqiri, MA.; Serdal Xhemali; VeronikaKareva, MSc.; Artan Limani, MA.different topics. The writing topics are usually related to the material theyare taught.The writing process at the LC started with writing portfolios in 2002where students had to write some drafts until they develop the final draft.Coleman, C. (2003) points out that resting a day or two between draftsespecially the final draft can bring much objectivity to the revising process.The process of portfolios with writing drafts by resting a day or two betweenthe drafts was implemented in LC courses curricula for several semesters.Later this process transformed into in-class writing assignments, wherestudents are given topics related to the material taught and asked to write aparagraph according to specific criteria. The idea behind this was to avoidmemorization, make the students use their knowledge that they had learnedin class and turn it to a productive skill and involve critical thinking.Another important writing task was essay writing. According to Enem, J.(2009). essay is a portion of writing that puts ahead a writer’s perspective ina straightforward and uncomplicated to go after approach. Essay writing isprejudiced based, non-fictional, narrative or expository in natural world.Essay writers are not only indication or reminiscences of the writer, but canalso be classify as intensely read point of view, fictional criticisms,opinionated manifestos, and comments of unusual facets of existence. Healso claims that the management and systematic skills of somebody arejudged all the way through essay writing. That is why essay writing is one ofthe most important skills educated to the students. Therefore, essay writingin the LC at SEEU in Tetovo is taught to students who attend Academic andAdvanced Academic English classes after they master paragraph writing.Coleman (2003) points out those students who learn a second languageshould have a systematic organized format because according to her, secondlanguage students first focus on grammatical issues. During the process ofwriting, students at the LC at SEEU are required to write a paragraph oressay as a production of the learned material during a specific time byfocusing on all language skills, not only grammar.However, is it enough to focus on all language skills? The answer wouldprobably be negative. If you were about to write a paragraph or an essay on atopic and you were told the topic only, you would probably hesitate and notknow what is really going on, what you really have to do or what you arereally expected to do. As Cimcoz (1999) asserts ‘a majority of studentsdislike writing. When faced with a writing task, most students will react withcomments like, "oh no not again" or "this is so boring". A teacher who doesnot try to see the real message behind these comments could easily become180