Résumé:
The present study seeks to investigate the effectiveness of using topic selection as a
motivational strategy to enhance engagement in doing writing tasks for second year Students
in the department of English at the University of Mohammed SeddikBenYahia, Jijel.
Throughout this research, we hypothesize that if teachers implement topic selection in written
expression classes, student writing performance will be improved. To affirm the validity of
this hypothesis, two separate questionnaires have been administered to test students’ writing
performance. Thirty five (35) second year students from the department of English were
subject to the first questionnaire while the second questionnaire was given to a sample of
seven written expression teachers. The discussion of the results has shown that using topic
selection enhances and motivates second year English Students’ writing performance.
Moreover, Students claim that they prefer to write about topics chosen by them rather than
assigned topics. The results of his study are insights for teacher and students’ usage of Topic
Selection Method effectively in writing classes.
