BUILDING BLOCKS of WRITING SKILLS

About the Book

Building Blocks of Writing Skills has been purposely written to meet the writing skills need for the Schools in Papua New Guinea. It is designed to be user-friendly and simplified to meet the teaching and learning needs of the students and teachers in the classroom. This book is a rich material for students and teachers who wish to prepare for National Written Expression Examinations that is organized annually across the country.

In five well written chapters, the author swiftly takes the student how to write good narrative, descriptive, expository argumentative papers and letter writing. Each chapter is carefully blended with a step by step direction on how a student should prepare and present a well constructed paper. Indeed, the author has systematically arranged this book in order for the students to easily define, recall and display the different types of writings. It is equipped with useful, handy and practical activities to test the students’ knowledge and skills in writing. In all, it is a well written book for students who need it.

Without a doubt, this book is not only about helping the students to write clearly and logically to present their narrative, descriptive, expository, argumentative accounts and letter writing but also to develop the knowledge and skill levels of the students to become better person in the future. Those who begin to use this book will acclaim it as a gift from someone who has seen the need for good writing and has given some thoughts and time to come up with this resourceful book. This is a must book for both students and teachers who have the drive to master the skills of writing and become better at it.

About the Author

Robert Iki Leso has been teaching English in various secondary schools in Papua New Guinea for more than five years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Goroka in 2003. He again went to the same university to do postgraduate studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Education with Honors degree in 2008. He formally left teaching in 2009 and got an administrative position with the PNG University of Technology looking after research and postgraduate studies for almost three years now. Building Blocks of Writing is his first book written as a trial material for the schools in Papua New Guinea.