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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.
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- 1. Motivating ESL Learners toRefine 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 BEINGAN 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 DownThoughts 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 TeachingMethodologies 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 HelpThe 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 forWriting 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 powerof writing as it controls lives and influences future.
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