The purpose of this paper is to explain how teachers can build on children's oral language resources to support writing. Thus, we offer recommendations and specific examples for classroom applications that connect oral language with written expression. Specifically, we provide examples on the transition from phonemic awareness to phonics to word…

Students who are engaged writers are likely to produce better writing and to enjoy writing more than students who are disengaged writers. Yet, we are unaware of any existing tool that validly and reliably measures writing engagement. In this article, we describe what writing engagement is and why it is important. Then, we present the Writing…

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have contributed significantly to the advancement of society. In recent years, AI-powered writing assistants have received increasing attention among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) communities. However, most of these digital writing tools focus on the revision and editing stages. Few digital tools are…

Educational leaders and teachers interested in improving instructional practice in writing may want to consider examining what strategies are currently used by teachers who instruct students identified as economically disadvantaged. The present study used a single-site intrinsic case study design to examine Blue Creek High School, a school with an…

Although often considered a topic reserved for the English classroom, writing has been successfully used by other disciplines to stimulate active learning of course content. This article demonstrates that physical educators can use writing as a tool to help students to better understand and, ultimately, appreciate physical activity. This article…

With the increasing focus on the emotional nature of L2 writing instruction, chances have increased for L2 writing teachers to perform exquisite emotional labour in teaching writing knowledge and skills in the classroom, but our knowledge regarding the emotional labour strategies used by L2 writing teachers and their potential influence on their…

Preschool children often confuse letters with their mirror images when they try to read and write. Mirror confusion seems to occur more often in line with the direction of script (e.g., left-to-right for the Latin alphabetic script), suggesting that the processing of letter orientation and text directionality may be interrelated in preliterate…

Many students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle to develop text-writing fluency: the skill of accurately and efficiently composing multiple words into sentences and passages understandable to readers. In prior studies, researchers have used instructional assessments to control for task difficulty and identify precise areas of text-writing…

This article examines how incorporating the Universal Design for Learning into writing instruction could improve the writing achievement of year four students in regional Victoria, Australia. The Universal Design for Learning is an instructional approach that aims to provide students with meaningful learning experiences through multiple means of…

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the education landscape and has been widely applied to language teaching and learning. This study investigates the transformative potential of AI-driven Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools in enhancing writing proficiency, focusing on language precision, content summarization, and creative writing…

Background: An increasing number of students are entering universities in South Africa with inadequate academic writing proficiency, displaying unsatisfactory academic writing literacy levels. Therefore, many academic literacy researchers in South Africa have argued that poor academic writing proficiency is a direct result of poor academic…

Writing is an integral part of social studies; however, teaching writing in both disciplinary and culturally sustaining ways to build students' repertoires is complex work for new teachers. This multiple case study investigates the writing-related identities of six secondary social studies teacher candidates (TCs) in a yearlong, university-based…

Essay writing is crucial for students as it fosters effective communication and improves critical and analytical thinking. This study investigates the impact of scaffolding techniques on Malay language essay writing proficiency among year 5 students in Malaysia. Based on Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory, scaffolding offers structured support that…

Writing is a critical skill for modern science, enabling collaboration, scientific discourse, public outreach, and more. Accordingly, it is important to consider how physicists and astronomers are trained to write. This study aims to understand the landscape of science writing education, specifically in physics and astronomy, in higher education…

Blended learning, therefore, involves the use of conventional face-to-face teaching and the application of information technologies that support learning in the classroom. This research investigates the effect of implementing blended learning in the Saudi Arabian context on fourth-grade students' reading and writing in Arabic and English regarding…