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ELT Journal 1990 44(4):272-278; doi:10.1093/elt/44.4.272
© 1990 by Oxford University Press
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Motivating the advanced learner in developing writing skills: a project

Susan Vincent

ESL/EFL in England and Poland. She worked for the Inner London Education Authority, and at Waltham Forest College of Further Education, London. She has recently been teaching EFL on an MA degree course at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland, and has been involved in lecture/workshops for inservice teacher training at Warsaw University and for The British Council in Poland.

Advanced students of EFL often reach a plateau of achievement and see little need for improvement. The teacher needs to create a context for communication by finding out what is important to them, which then gives the students impetus and motivation for developing their writing skills in a meaningful way. University students in Poland on a five-year degree course were guided towards looking beyond the immediate academic context of their studies, to using their writing skills in the world where they would shortly be earning their living.


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