Why is Writing important for an EFL teacher?

Writing is one of the best ways in which teachers can see the development of the language that his or her students are learning. Also with writing students learn how to put in order their ideas. Another important thing is better to learn grammar by writing than speaking, because you see what are you writing. Finally the spelling of words is one of the most difficult things to learn because in English we speak in a way and we write in another one, so for these reasons it is very important to write in English.
“Speaking and listening are natural, and as such do not have to be learned. Most people know how to speak and listen in order to communicate and most individuals can read as well. On the other hand, writing is not natural and it must be learned. Generally, someone has to teach you how to write”. (How to be an Effective EFL Writing Teacher by David Martin)

What is the best way to teach writing to children? to teenagers?
I read a very interesting article which explained us how we as EFL teachers can teach writing to our students in a better way. One important thing that appeared was that we as teachers must help our students to have a possitive attitude to writing, also we have to give them “feasible writing assignments” with very “specific instructions” and it is important to give them opinions and corrections so that they improve in their writing. (How to be an Effective EFL Writing Teacher by David Martin)

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