Idea Listing Technique in Teaching EFL Writing

This article was published in Jurnal Harati: Jurnal Sosial, Budaya, Ekonomi, dan Politik Vol. 3, No. 6, Juli-Desember 2011. The Journal was published by Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengkajian Daerah (TEKAD) Kalimantan Tengah. For more details, please click here.

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the implementation of Idea Listing Technique (ILT) as an alternative way in the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing. ILT is considered as a prewriting technique focusing on idea generation. Based on my personal experience as an English teacher, particularly in teaching EFL writing, ILT can be as a sharp weapon in teaching writing focusing on solving the problem of how to generate innovative ideas for writing.
This technique can assist students explore and share ideas of the general topic to be smaller ones (sub topics), decide a sub topic based on the categorization, and generate ideas of the sub topic in forms of words or phrases before running of a drafting and next writing processes. Hence, by providing them with prewriting activities through ILT, it is a great wish that students can produce creative and interesting writings.

Keywords: Idea Listing Technique, Generating Idea, Writing