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Helping ESL/LINC Learners Write With
Ease©
By: Shaheen Meraj
LINC Home Study- Ontario
Summit College – Academic and Career Studies
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Some real life ESL writing examples
A candidate‘s application: "This has reference to your advertisement calling for a 'typist and an accountant - Male or Female'. As I am both for the past several years and I can handleboth, I am applying for the post".
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An application to the head master of a college: "As I am studying in this school I am suffering from headache. I request you to leave me today“
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A letter written forapplication of leave:"My wife is sufferingfrom sickness and as Iam her only husbandat home I may begranted leave".
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A leave letter writtento administration dept of a company: "As my mother-in-law has expired and I am “responsible for it, please grant me 10days leave”.
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The presentation focuses on
Understanding ESL/LINC writing in the present day scenario
Challenges and difficulties faced by adult ESL/LINC students in writing – causes-suggested solutions
Techniques/activities developed by presenter to make writing in English an enjoyable, stress- free and fulfilling experience for both learners and teachers
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Presenter will share
Her classroom observations, experiences related to teaching ESL/LINC writing
Some important findings from analysis of ESL/LINC students’ writing samples
Rationale behind her choice of material and activity type
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Writing in the present timeCompared to the past, in the present time we:Write more Write for a more diverse
audienceWrite for a greater range of
purposesAre involved in ,and faced with a
multitude of writing formats- formal and informal- manual and electronic
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What is Good Writing?
Clear, simple and directunderstandable, convincingInteresting and captivating ideasInformativeOf suitable lengthThe right Word choice
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What is Good Writing?
Smooth sentence flow Well- organized ; coherentGrammatically correctAppropriate writing conventionsPersonal touch from the writerSincere, compassionate , imaginativeBeautiful ,impressive and
memorable
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Problems identified in ESL/LINC student writing
Related to:ContentOrganizationConstructionWriting conventions
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Problems identified in ESL/LINC student writing
Insufficient contentIrrelevant main/supporting
detailsRepetitionA wild-goose chase- jumping
from one to another idea
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Problems identified in ESL/LINC student writing (continued)
Run-on sentences, fragments, incomplete thought.
Not able to use inflection- a major
problem Missing sentence boundaries , going on
and on, no punctuation, no transition
“My wife she is a very important part in my life because she show up in my life and change every thing and my son he is the amazing beautiful kid.”
(More examples on handouts)
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult ESL/LINC
learners
Reluctance and inhibitionExcessive concern about accuracy-
getting it grammatically correctFrustration- “I may not be able to get
desired results”Apprehension- “my writing may not come
up to the expectation of teacher and other audience”.
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult ESL/LINC
learners (continued)
AnxietyBoredomTeacher’s attitude towards
studentsPressures on new comers-
immigrants and international students
Difference between students’ first and second language writing cultures and conventions
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult ESL/LINC
learners (continued)Fear of exposure- “my writing
with its errors and flaws will be seen by better writers,” (peers, native speaker, people proficient in English etc.
Self –esteemUncertainty_ what to write what
not to write.; what is proper and what is improper.
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult
ESL/LINC learners (continued)
Limited lexical resources making it difficult to express ideas fully and effectively.
Insufficient command over language structures
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult
ESL/LINC learners (continued)
For some, over confidence about their writing abilities, which leads to less or no effort to give due attention to writing.
Mixing speaking and writing styles - Some students write the way they speak. Their writing is marked with features of spoken language- repetition, unfinished sentences, informal language, jumping from idea to idea
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult
ESL/LINC learners (continued
Some students are not comfortable with technology and instead of being a help, it tends to be an obstacle in their language development as it claims their attention and effort which they would otherwise focus on language learning.
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What makes writing difficult and challenging for adult
ESL/LINC learners (continued
Some students get carried away by the fun part of media and technology and do not pay serious attention to using these resources for development of language skills
Translating from L1
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Suggested ways to help adult ESL/LINC learners write with
EASEMake writing classes more
humanistic, more friendly, more relaxed and more fun.
Use powerful stimuli to generate writing
Do not turn writing classes into ‘grammar –horror’, please !
Help students activate , and further build their back ground knowledge and gather ideas
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Suggested ways to help adult ESL/LINC learners write with
EASE(continued)
Facilitate, don’t control student writing.
Respect and value student writingShow you are genuinely interested
in their writingUse topics students can relate toBring variety in writing tasks .
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Suggested ways to help adult ESL/LINC learners write with
EASE(continued)
Provide opportunities to manipulate language structures by incorporating your target structures in the design of your writing activity
Keep feedback simple in the early phases of writing- encourage smooth, clear expression of ideas
Be prepared to devote more time and effort to this good teaching purpose
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My Plan
Motivation by powerful stimuli â
Instructionâ
Facilitationâ
Construction
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My Tools
Authentic Visuals:
• Art ; pictures; photographs
• Posters
• Post cards
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My Tools (continued)
• Real objects
• Music
• Themes which are universal, but have distinguishable cultural features
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Why these tools ?
1. Visual stimuli appeal not only to visual learners, they facilitate learning for audio and kinesthetic learners as well
2. Authentic materials ( texts, music, video, real objects, universal themes/topics )help in
understanding attitudes, values , thought, reflected in these stimuli.
3. Activate schemata ; help in gathering ideas to write
4. Raise cross-cultural awareness
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Some examples of my activities
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Isn’t this beautifully said?
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
oBenjamin Franklin
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Thank you
Thank you vey much for joining hands with me in trying to make writing easy for adult ESL/LINC learners, which, is really not [email protected]