THE FORMATION OF WRITING SKILLS OF STUDENTS FOR PASSING THE UNIFIED STATE EXAM IN ENGLISH

Abstract

The research studies development of guidelines to form students’ writing skills for passing the USE in English. Positions and arguments of researchers involved in the theory of speech activity and approaches to teaching writing have been considered in the article. The criteria for assessing the performance of the task is analyzed. The special attention is given to identifying main difficulties in writing an essay. Accordingly, the researchers carry out diagnostics of the writing skills of 11-grade students of the Muru Secondary School No. 1 named after G.V. Egorova, Ust-Aldan Region of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The authors analyze mistakes that are often made by students and divide the process of preparation of the studies into five stages. The work helps develope sample material that can be used in teaching to write exam essays.