Interactive Writing: Introduction

In order to successfully learn a language, a learner needs to use the target language. For most English language learners in Malaysia, situations that call for the need to use the language are often limited to the classroom environment. One might have the opportunity to use English only in the English period, and more recently the mathematic and science periods. More often than not, the only one who is willingly communicating with the learners in English is the teacher. As there is only one teacher for each class at every period, the opportunity to learn by attempting to communicate in the target language is greatly reduced. This calls for the need for learning tasks that encourage more interaction in the target language.