Prompts to improve the writing skills to students of eighth basic year at escuela de educación básica Dieciocho de agosto, Santa Elena, Santa Elena Province, 2015 – 2016.

Abstract

Writing is distinguished as a way of communication that represents the language through the inscription of words. People write e-mails, lists of words, notes, reports, journals, essays, etc. they often do it on blogs, forums or web pages. All these writing activities have the objective of communicating something. Most people have the innate necessity to express their ideas, thoughts, feelings and emotions. However, in most cases, writing is a complex task for beginning students due to the different aspects that a good, clear and comprehensible writing requires. Teaching writing may be one of the hardest jobs a teacher faces. Teachers who are teaching in middle schools, high schools know the depth of challenges they have to face for teaching this English skill due to its importance. The application of dynamic activities that engage students to write is necessary and, therefore, this investigation makes emphasis on the relevance of applying a booklet with prompts to improve such an important skill as writing. This research paper demonstrates that using prompts promotes the motivation of students during the writing process because the topics were taken according to the real necessities and interest of students. Eighth basic year students from Escuela de Educación Básica Dieciocho de Agosto” in Santa Elena, Santa Elena Province. This investigation applied the qualitative method because it allowed the implementation of surveys to students and then this information was presented in charts and statistical graphics. Furthermore, the qualitative method allowed the implementation of interviews, and observation session in order to collect important information from students, English teacher and English language teaching experts; this information was analyzed and included in this research.