Getting your students to write when they don’t have to

Unlike school or university students, adults who study General English don’t have an incentive to write or a punishment for not writing, so they complete a level after a level writing nothing. In my workshop, I want to share how I get my students to write anyway. Why don’t students write? Do writing prompts in course books work? Can we revamp them if they don’t? How about alternative tasks? Can writing be done in class? Join me to explore the magic of writing. Content: 0:00 Introduction 3:30 Why I don’t write! 4:46 Writing tasks in course books 6:11 Revamping the writing tasks 7:18 Make the instructions fun and more specific 8:09 Make the instructions fun and mildly absurd 10:41 Make the instructions very specific 13:49 Make the instructions fun 16:17 Make the instructions real 24:31 Writing in class? Hell yeah! 25:44 Write a letter in order to get the answer 28:40 Break the task into manageable chunks 30:55 Collaborative writing: guided 33:20 Collaborative writing: freestyle 39:17 Listen to your students and allow them to change the task 40:20 Give them a real reader 42:08 Stay positive and set an example 44:10 Thank you! 44:46 Q&A