Writing Skills Applied In Expository Writing for Students of Integral Education in Venezuela

Venezuelan education is taking, today, the challenge of its own construction, which must be in accordance with the needs of cultural and social communities. The training and education of teachers plays a major role in the transformation of any society. The teacher must fulfill the role that has been assigned to them for the development of the learner. As the development occurs the students will acquire skills in many ways. Among these skills the most relevant are the use of oral and written language.

In this regard, it is important to recognize that writing, as a manifestation of language; the user requires an enormous amount of skills that allow this activity to be performed effectively. It is therefore necessary to train teachers, both; the ones presently into involved in the teaching career and which are preparing to initiate their teaching career.

The Venezuelan education requires an educator possessing defined psychological, ethical, educational, moral, social and cultural features through which they develop their reflective thinking and, consequently, of his students as well. Among the traits which a teacher should possess the most significantly required one is the ability to efficiently use their speech and written expressions. It should also be strong enough to promote the positive reading attitude among the students.

In this vein, it is necessary to recognize that, within the aspects mentioned above there is an important role of writing. This is a complex process that requires extensive knowledge, practice and constant handling other tools, such as reading for an individual to effectively and productively communicate their ideas in a coherent manner.

It is therefore imperative that institutions of higher education, especially those responsible for teacher training to incorporate sufficient strategies into their curriculum that will provide the students with the opportunity to enhance their speaking and written language. They are granted with a chance to fulfill their educational deficiencies in developing language and in particular written language.

In effect, it is necessary for future teachers to engage in language training programs for the development of their teaching abilities and simultaneously it is equally important for the institutions to recognize the importance of responsibility placed on them for their training by providing the foundation required for it to be optimum.

From this perspective the teacher must know the code, the verbal system (oral and written), along with the clearance about the different contexts of use and degree of interaction among members of a community. Likewise, know the strategies of production and comprehension for both written and oral language. (Fraca, 2001, p. 99).

However, the reality in the university classroom is not different from other educational levels. In this student encounter profound deficiencies linguistically with a huge lack of basic aspects of essay writing, dissertation writing, coursework writing and assignment writing. This ultimately leads to failure in their academic progress. 

Teachers need to understand the caliber of the students and deliver appropriate time in the classroom. It should be significantly enough to develop their ability to reflect the role teacher played.  Viewed from this perspective, it requires a thorough review of the educational process that allows short time generating solutions for improving the communication skills of university students.