Strategies of motivation in the development of English paragraph writing in students between the ages of 8-11 years old

Abstract:

The development of the writing skill and sub-skills in the courses of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has been considered of key importance for the future academic and job success of the students. Nevertheless, the results on writing performance in the EFL courses have been poor. Many factors are related to the bad outcomes; among which, motivation has been considered as a central aspect of writing development. The present research focused on this motivational aspect; thus, a quasi-experiment was carry out at CEBI (Centro Educativo Bilingue Internacional) in Ambato with students from 8 to 10 level of General Basic Education (n=76). The purpose of the study was to prove the incidence of Motivational Strategies in the development of the writing skill. The process involved designing a meso-curriculum which was embedded in the regular EFL course, planning the corresponding lessons, and delivering to the students. A pretest and postest were applied to the control and experimental groups to test the hypothesis. The results showed the efficacy of the motivational strategies reflected on the improvement of the written performance of the students (t=4.84**). The motivational strategies which suited the students’ needs and interests were: Warm-ups, Lead-ins, Games, and role plays. Typical mistakes made by the students in the tests were: capitalization, subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, and punctuation. The mistakes made by the students were improved by feedback in the writing developing process. A replica of the quasi-experiment is recommended to be applied to students of different levels and ages. As an application of the …

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2018

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