1. Keeping it real… Real life and motivating writing tasks

3. I wish to express my dissatisfaction with… I was very disappointed by… I would be very grateful if you would let me know… I would appreciate it if you could replace the missing part by next week. Please let me know as soon as possible what action you propose to take. I look forward to hearing from you within the next ten days.

5. What tasks to choose? What language to focus on? How to engage/motivate learners? How to provide meaningful feedback?

6.  Commenting on a travel blog  Voicing your opinion on discussion forum  Writing a tweet to promote your small business  Writing a letter on behalf of Amnesty International  Writing a report for your line manager  Writing a poem for a poetry competition

7. Writing a letter of complaint Passive voice Narrative tenses Set phrases Tone

8. Online review Online advertisement Writing a tweet Writing to your local councillor Writing a CV

9. How can we engage and motivate students?

10. Personalise existing material to suit your students Use a speaking activity to whet interest Use humour Provide a real life audience

12. You really don’t know anything about beggars. They also just a normal people like us, only they are not as lucky as us.  I am so sorry, but I have to say that your thought seems to be silly, it is punk... I think the beggars are someone who we really need to help; mostly for kids or handicapped people. However, this day we almost can’t tell which one really needs ours help.

13. Teaching Points Hedging Language Formal/informal language Taking into account both sides of the argument Polite disagreement

14. Further Reading Blogs http://elt-resourceful.com/2012/12/06/real-world-writing- activities/ http://www.edutopia.org/blog/common-core-in-action- writing-for-audience-rebecca-alber http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2013/12/13/how-to-keep- writing-tasks-real-hotel-reviews/ Books Hedge, T. 2008 Writing Oxford University Press Raimes, A. 1983 Techniques in Teaching Writing, Oxford University Press Tribble, C. 1996 Writing Oxford University Press