First step, take diagnostic test, so that we can identify what the learners' needs are, then build the strategies to deal, first with their lower order concerns and then their higher order concerns gradually.
1. Free writing where you speak your heart out.
2. Mind wandering where you think abstract and fictional and then write it.
Above two are free writing styles.
3. Well composed writing in which give them a topic and ask them to dobresearch and then write.
First step, take diagnostic test, so that we can identify what the learners' needs are, then build the strategies to deal, first with their lower order concerns and then their higher order concerns gradually.
That all depends on the proficiency level of the students you are dealing with. For beginners, start with Controlled Writing; e.g. prepare relevant text with appropriate gaps to be filled by students. Or you can try Sentence Builders where students construct a paragraph ordered sentences from key words. You can also try Questions and Answers techniques where answers to a series of questions lead to a paragraph. There is also Form Filling and Information Cards etc. In each case, check for grammar, punctuation and spelling, of course. In the past, I found the course book "Keep Writing" developed by Richard Harrison (1989), while teaching Arab elementary/ intermediate students, very useful. You can also try "Progressive Writing Skills" by W. S. Fowler (1989) for intermediate to upper-intermediate levels.
Muhammad Asim Khan, Nazia Reda Elmabruk , thank you so much for your responses.
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