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Ching, Cynthia Low Pik – Guidelines, 1991
The process approach to writing requires feedback. Peer feedback (which can be encouraged and taught) and teacher feedback are complementary; they should discuss both form and content of students' written work. Spoken teacher feedback on tape and student-teacher conferences (whether individual or group) augment the teacher's usual feedback…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Feedback, Process Approach (Writing)
Bailey, Luke – 1993
A study examined use of prewriting techniques among 11 students of English as a Second Language (ESL), of varying language backgrounds, enrolled in a pre-freshman composition class. It investigated use of both prewriting strategies and invention techniques taught in class, looking at: (1) whether they would be used when not specifically required;…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Jenks, Christopher J. – 2003
This checklist is designed to help develop writing strategies for English language learners (ELLs), focusing on a variety of linguistic strategies inherent in the writing process. It provides them with a graphical representation of the cognitive process involved in complex writing, promoting self-assessment strategies and integrating oral…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Sun, Yu-Chih – 1998
A 50-item, five-point Likert scale inventory was designed to be a valid and reliable group-administered instrument to provide a profile of the declarative knowledge of electronic mail (e-mail) strategies used by students learning English as a second language (ESL) or foreign language (EFL). The inventory was developed primarily for voluntary use…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language)
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1996
To assist second language teachers, administrators, parents, and other teachers to better understand how foreign language instruction helps students develop literacy skills, this paper discusses research about the commonalities between first and second language reading and writing. It is an outgrowth of the North Carolina State Board of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Enrichment, Literature Reviews, Public Education
Spiegel, Marina; Sunderland, Helen – 1999
This book sets out to adapt and use some of the practical approaches of genre theory to the teaching of writing to English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) and Basic Skills students in Britain. The book has 9 units exploring different types of text or genres, descriptions of people, descriptions of places, personal narratives, folk stories,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques