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Age Characteristics
These are the following characteristics of
young learners to writing:
1. The learners’ ability is copying that
provides them the opportunities to learn & 1. The teacher will ask the learner to move
consolidate their understanding of new
vocabulary, develop an awareness of and
confidence in English spelling and practice
a range of simple sentence patterns they 2. The teacher will give specific information
have learned to use in writing.
Young
2. The learners have definite interests and
curiosity in writing a topic.
3. They enjoy abstract concepts and ideas
and make conclusions based on prior
learning.
4. They like to be challenged in mental
tasks, are decisive and reasonable and
think more logically.
These are the following characteristics of old These are the following techniques to
learners to writing:
Old 1. They are creative and adaptable and
apprehensive or anxious. Most Old
learners know better and have reached
personal experiences.
APPENDIX V
Techniques
These are the following techniques to
enhance the writing skills of young learners
by the teacher:
on to practice writing sentence in a very
simple way.
and facts rather than fantasy. Allow the
learners a time to think about and discuss
the answers. Encourage them to
memorize quotations and
Scriptures. Provide opportunities for
reading, writing, and record keeping.
Teach them about other people, cultures
and about history.
3. It is good idea to personalize writing tasks
wherever possible.
enhance the writing skills of old learners by
the teacher:
1. The teachers should augment motivation
in trying different approaches in writing.

Intervention Techniques to Enhance the Creative Writing of the
English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners
Sex Characteristics
These are the following characteristics of
female learners to writing:
1. Female learners are dominated by
romance or love story as their most
enjoyed reading genre preferably short
Female story.
2. They perform better on tasks involving
flexibility and fine-motor coordination.
They are emotional and more likely
fond of visual exploration.
These are the following characteristics of
male learners to writing:
1. Male learners are inclined in outdoor
activities that cover large areas of
Male physical space.
2. They prefer more likely to explore
objects and become more independent.
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Techniques
These are the following techniques to
enhance the writing skills of female and
male learners by the teacher:
1. The teacher will conduct a workshop in
writing in the different discipline.
2. The teacher should let the learners read
different genres and ask them to write
in different approaches.
3. The teacher will prepare the learners to
work in pairs or individually, trying to
reconstruct the written text together or
recreate the main meaning with
grammatical accuracy and well-
organized idea.
4. The teacher will display finished
version and discuss the story produced.
A variation is that learners try to create
a different ending.
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Most Preferred
Characteristics
Reading Material
1. This is expressed in a variety of formats
including writing. Through the term, it
referred to the major narrative forms of
literature. This also constitutes an act of
creative invention so that faithfulness to
Fiction reality is not typically assumed.
2. It is the composition of not factual texts.
It is often produced as a story meant to
entertain or convey an author's point of 2. The teacher will display finished version
view
1. This gives information on a wide
variety of subjects like almanac,
bibliography, dictionary,
General References encyclopedia, yearbook and the like.
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Techniques
These are the following techniques to
enhance the writing skills of the learners
using fiction by the teacher:
1. The teacher will give an open-ended
fiction story and will prepare the
learners to work in pairs or individually,
trying to reconstruct the written text
together or recreate the main meaning
with grammatical accuracy and well-
organized idea.
and discuss the ending of the story
produced. A variation is that learners try
to create a different ending.
These are the following techniques to
enhance the writing skills of the learners
using fiction by the teacher:
1. The teacher will give specific information
and facts rather than fantasy. Allow the
learners a time to think about and
discuss the answers. Encourage them to
memorize quotations and
Scriptures. Provide opportunities for
reading, writing, and record keeping.
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Teach them about other people, cultures

and about history.

2. It is good idea to personalize writing

tasks based on the capabilities of the
learners wherever possible.

*Sample Techniques in Appendix W.

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APPENDIX W

Sample Techniques to Enhance the Creative Writing of the

English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners

Learning Activity Outcomes

Techniques
Generate ideas, identify common themes, and sort and This will help the students “unpack” a
Affinity
organize the ideas accordingly. complicated topic and identify and
Grouping
classify its constituent parts.
The students are given pieces of information and asked to This is clarifying conceptual categories
Group Grid place them in the blank cells of a grid according to and developing sorting skills.
category rubrics.
Discriminate between similar concepts by noticing and Distinguishing among closely related
Team Matrix marking on a chart the presence or absence of important concepts.
defining features.
Analyze and depict graphically a series of events, actions, Understanding processes, cause and
Sequence roles or decisions. effect, chronological series and
Chains organizing information in an orderly
coherent progression.
Generate a list of related ideas and then organize them in Figuring out and representing
a graphic, identifying relationship by drawing lines or relationships like maps, they can show
Word Webs
arrows to represent the connection. both the destination and the sites and
sights along the way.
Dictogloss 1. Prepare students with a range of pre listening Exploring the abilities of the students
activities to listen to a story to introduce the topic in different macro skills like listening,
and key words. Give the students a list of the key reading, writing and speaking.
words.
2. Read the story once again, not too fast. Students
listen to the text a second time and give tick to the
words from the word list. Afterwards students
complete gap filling activities.

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3. Students re-tell the story orally in pairs, using the

completed gap-filling text and pictures.
4. Students now retell the story in writing working in
pairs or individually, trying to reconstruct the text
together or recreate the main meaning with
grammatical accuracy and well organized idea.
5. Display finished version and discuss the story
produced.
6. A variation is that students try to create a different
ending.
Sources:
International TESOL Corporation 2015
Reid, J. M. (1993). Teaching ESL Writing. United States of America: Prentice Hall Regents

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(SGD) RYAN JAYSON VISPERAS DELOS REYES

Researcher