Title:
DEVELOPING WRITING SKILLS OF TOURISMAND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATIONS STUDENTS, USING ACTIVITIES OF WRITING TO LEARN APPROACH

Authors:
Thandar Min, Win NaingOo and EiShwe Zin Thein ,Myanmar

Abstract:
This article highlights the effectiveness of Writing to Learnapproachin developing writing skills of Tourism and Hospitality Management specialization students. Writing to Learn approach links the students writing skills and the subject matter of respective specializations. The approach alsohelps students thoughts and understanding grow and clarify through the process writing. WTL approach is designed to make sure that students have frequent and significant opportunities to write, revise, and discuss their writing in their classes, whatever their major course of study is. Students of Tourism and Hospitality Management specialization need to expresswhat they learnt from their curriculum, properly and systematically in their writings. In this study, 30 Tourism and Hospitality Management students were chosen as the subject of the study, to verify the effectiveness of WTL approach, and the instruments of the study were tests (pre-test and posttest), and observation checklist. The study employed Classroom Action Research (CAR) designand had been done in one cycle in which planning, acting, observing, and reflecting are included. The quantitative data analysis of two tests reveals that students gained enhancements in their writing ability in content, vocabulary, grammar and mechanic.This article aims to encourage English teachers to improve their students disciplinary formation through writing to learn activities mentioned in this study.