Most teenagers hate to write. This is one of the things that worry me the most. For how could they not be able to write?! I mean, they can talk all right and as a matter of fact could have quite a lot of things to talk about all day. Unfortunately, the moment a pen is handed to [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][them] and they are told to write instead of talk, they become hesitant, insecure or even depressed. This calls for worry! Writing is one of the basic [integral] skills of effective communication required for successful careers and meaningful adult life. Aside that, writing is also a very beautiful and [intellectual] thing to do. These are some of the reasons why everyone [teachers and parents alike] must do everything possible to ensure that young people are able to write effectively and intelligibly.
How then can this be done? Well in this post, we will be looking at how teenagers would be encouraged to write, using the exact same means of communication most of them prefer to use; talking. That’s right…teenagers can be encouraged to write more often by having them talk, talk and talk! Mind you these tips work. And even though they [the tips] are meant for teachers to use as teaching tools, parents and guardians can also help out with it. See below please-
Let the student talk while the teacher writes: To do this, you will have to pretend that you [the teacher] are the student while your students are the teachers. So you will sit and tell the student[s] to talk while you write. For sure, the students will be surprised at first. But they will soon flow with the idea when they realize how cool it is. Now the idea here is to let students realize that whatever could be said with the mouth can equally be written down…
Audio-record the student[s] speaking and have the recording transcribed by them: Since teenagers love to talk a lot, let them record themselves talking about a particular subject/topic. When they are done talking, let them listen to themselves over again and transcribe [write out] everything they have spoken about. Now I must point out that because we do not exactly write the same way we speak and for this reason the transcribed texts might require a bit of re-writing. That notwithstanding, the magic moment is when the student must have transcribed everything s/he talked about and realized that [they] just wrote after all!
The sooner teenagers realized that there is nothing to writing (asides the fact that texts are written against a paper) the sooner they’d fall in love with the craft. The sooner they realized that writing is just as easy as talking, the sooner they will start to write more often.
I will like to hear from teachers [and students] about how well these tips work…
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