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W. Lincoln, Murray Suid (1983)
Reach Out and Write Someone., 93
Innovative instruction in writing personal or business letters can effectively enhance written communication skills. f t is always exciting when the mailman arrives with a personal letter. Rarely do we leave these letters unopened for later read- ing. For this reason letter writing can be a motivating and rewarding activity to practice and improve writing skills. It can help a student develop closer relationships with distant friends or relatives, increase social skills, and develop communication skills (Perez 1971). For the learning disabled student with ver- bal communication problems, it may also become a satisfying form of self-expression. Although effective letter writing instruction may result in positive attitudes about writing and improved writing skills, teachers face two problems in introducing letter writing to children with learning disabilities: teaching the correct form of the letter and finding a responsive audience to whom the stu- dents can write. In addition, LD students often become so concerned with the form of the letter that the contents suffer or the students refrain from writing altogether. This article will show how a letter-writing template will eliminate the concern over proper form and will describe a number of ways letter writing can be used at home
Academic Therapy – SAGE
Published: Mar 1, 1987
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