Teaching Analytical Writing to the Students of English Literature: Applying Cognitive Strategies

Abstract

Writing English is one of the four skills that require learners' knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge for practical purposes or certification. Literature offers various materials that are related to human issues which must be authentic about cognitive strategies for understanding, interpreting, writing and evaluating analytical essays. As a teacher of Honours courses, I try a lot to infuse the knowledge of syntax, tenses and the linking words which they lack. The purpose of this paper aims at emphasizing cognitive approach to reading and writing of English language learners (ELLS) of Honours courses. Learners, after repeated practice on cognitive and guided tasks of a variety of strategies become able to read literary texts and write analytically. What is spectacular about the article is its integrity and fidelity to three core dimensions: Teachers and students with the exposure of cognitive strategies coupled with a wide array of curricular approaches leading to comprehensiveness and application of those strategies in reading and writing analytical issues.