This document discusses various techniques for motivating ESL learners to improve their writing skills. It recommends using a variety of activities like free writing, journaling, role playing, and using prompts to generate ideas and practice different writing styles. Background music and modeling are suggested to create a more engaging environment. The key is to diversify teaching methods, use real-world writing purposes, and help learners gain confidence through scaffolding activities. The overall goal is to understand the importance of writing and how it can shape one's future.

1. Motivating ESL Learners
to Refine Writing Skills
By
Saima Abedi

2. What is Motivation?
• Motivation is derived from the word ’motive’
which means needs, desires, wants or drives
within the individuals.
• It is the process of stimulating people to
actions to accomplish the goals.

3. REASONS FOR BEING AN
UNMOTIVATED WRITER
• Lack Of Planning
• Writer’s Block
• Limited Vocabulary
• Monotonous Methods To Teach Writing

4. Activity 1
(Individual)
Free Writing
• Pick up your pen.
• Start writing as soon as the music starts
and stop when it finishes.
• Write what ever comes to your mind . .
Time: 5min

5. Safe Journaling
Pour Down Thoughts And Feelings On Paper
• Removes writers’ blocks
• Curtails down stress
• Generates, expands and preserves ideas
• Enhances creative and observational skills
• Analyzes mistakes and tracks progress

6. Background Music (BGM)
Change Mundane Classroom Atmosphere
• Increases concentration
• Enhances creative skills
• Strengthens imaginative power.
• Improves behaviour and on-task performance

7. Activity 2
(Group Work)
• Put the given strips (9) in order.
• Make sure that you have a reason for this
sequence.
• Share your sequence with other participants.
Time: 15min

8. Modelling
Provide Useful Reading Material For
Scaffolding
• Consolidates theme based vocabulary
• Exposes to appropriate structures
• Inspires and influences writers
• Learner understands what and how to do.
• Learner attains a control over behaviour.

9. Activity 3
(Group Work)
Mystery Objects:
• Choose an object. Describe the object, using the
headings below.
• Size:
• Shape:
• Colour:
• Smell:
• Taste:
• Texture:
Time: 15min

10. Variety of Teaching Methodologies
Diversify Teaching Strategies
Writing task becomes easy and interesting
Examples:
• Brainstorming: Generates multitude of ideas and
stimulates thinking
• Use of Graphic Organizers: Orders ideas ( e.g. Venn
diagram, Five W’s Chart, Time line and Story Map )

11. • Interactive Games: Trigger students’ observational
and thinking skills. (e.g. Mystery Objects, Guessing
and Code Breaking games)
• Supply Prompts: Provide building block (e.g. picture,
phrase, dialogue, introduction/ starters )
• Role Plays: Practice dialogue writing in a safe
environment.

12. Activity 4
(Group Work)
Role Play: Flunked in Exam
• Decide your role in group.
• Write and practise your dialogue with your
group mates.
• Enact
Time: 20 min

13. Activity 5
(Group Work)
Picture Story
• Put the pictures in the correct order
• Suggest a title for the story
• Compose the story using the given plan.
• Share your story with other groups.
Time: 20min

15. Use of Prompts
Help The Learners To Improve Writing Skills
• Enriches writers’ knowledge
• Boosts creativity
• Enhances critical thinking skills
• Makes the learners comfortable
• Gives a direction to let creative juices flow
• Learner acquires own style.

16. Real Purpose for Writing
Motivate Writers by Real Audience
• Use of prior knowledge
• Evokes interest
• Learners’ write enthusiastically.
Examples:
• Describe any of your belonging without which you will be gloomy.
• Email to friend informing how you spent your weekend.
• Compose a letter to editor telling about the miseries of students’ lives.
• Debate about the necessity of mobile phones in school.
• Write directions of your house.

17. Activity
(Pair Work)
Code Breaker:
• Decode the message.
• Use the code key to break the code.
Time: 5min

18. Conclusion
Understand the power of writing as it
controls lives and influences future.

19. Thank You