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WHY STUDENT IS RELUCTANT TO WRITE?
You’ll always have at least one reluctant writer in your classroom. Just getting them to put their name on a worksheet can feel like an uphill battle.
But as much as they might avoid it, the need to practice and produce sustained writing isn’t going anywhere. So how do you get them to write?
Why your student is reluctant to write in the first place
Before you can motivate them, you need to know the reasons why a student resists writing. They might be feeling:
- disengaged, unable to link writing to personal areas of interest
- embarrassed by difficulties with functional literacy (e.g. spelling and grammar)
- anxious over the pressure to produce something ‘perfect’
- stuck for ideas
Each of these issues requires a slightly different approach, so talk to the student first and ask what’s holding them back.
Source:Msomi Bora