An Exploration of IELTS Writing Teaching Based on the Production-Oriented Approach

Abstract

In response to the common problems in college English writing teaching, such as the separation of learning and application, students’ low interest in writing, and difficulties in expression, this paper, based on the theoretical framework of the production-oriented approach (POA) proposed by Professor Wen Qiufang, designed and implemented a set of IELTS writing teaching plan. This plan takes “motivating, enabling, and assessing” as the core teaching process, and selects typical IELTS argumentative essay topics (such as food diversity) to create real communication scenarios. In the motivating stage, diverse inputs are used to stimulate students’ interest and expose their language weaknesses; in the enabling stage, language knowledge, viewpoint generation, and text structure are focused on for targeted input and training; in the assessing stage, a combination of teacher-student cooperation and peer evaluation is adopted to guide students to identify and correct deficiencies in language use. The research results show that the POA model can effectively enhance students’ writing interest, active learning awareness, and writing ability, particularly in overcoming vocabulary poverty and material shortages, as well as improving language accuracy and expression richness. This provides an operational theoretical basis and practical path for improving the teaching effect of IELTS writing.