Abstract:
The study was conducted on EFL teachers‟ and students‟ practice of alleviating demotivating
factors in teaching and learning writing skills. The main purpose of the study is to identify both
teachers‟ and students‟ awareness of demotivating factors and how to alleviate the impact of the
them, find out the extent to which both practice techniques of alleviating the impacts of
demotivating factors and challenges they face when practicing of it the study area is one primary
school which is located Limmu Genet secondary school. The researcher employed descriptive
survey design which includes mixed approaches both qualitative and quantitative data. The study
sources are students and teachers. 162 sample sizes were selected through simple random
sampling techniques. The researcher employed three data collections tools like questionnaires,
interview and classroom observation. The data was analyzed through SPSS software by coding
the data and analyzing via percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation. A total of 45
questionnaires were used and data were collected from 162 students and four teachers. The
study found out that the factors causing demotivation in EFL context were six, namely teaching
style, school facilities, class conditions, curriculum, negative attitude toward foreign language,
and poor self-confidence. Also, the findings of the study showed as the average mean of the
awareness of the respondents about the demotivating factors learners face after learning writing
lesson were low. However, there are many ways or techniques of alleviating demotivating
factors to teach and learn writing skills; it was found that sample teachers were employing only
few of them. Some of the common techniques used by the teachers were telling to students to use
strategies of self-studying, providing support only for the students who asked for support,
counseling students to change the perception towards writing and being objectively concerned to
cope with demotivating factors they experience. Finally, the researcher recommended that
students, teachers, parents and concerned bodies in teaching learning process at school level
should contribute a lot to play their role to alleviate demotivating factors in the teaching
learning process in general and to teach and learn writing skills in particular.
