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  Solving the English as a Second Language writer's Dilemma
  http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ881565.pdf
  
  This article was writing by Thomas Nowalk. It's about teaching ESL students how to write academic essays. The author had done studies since 2004 to improved ESL writing. What he got was that students see grammar and correctness as most important for writing. "Students see vocabulary as closely related to grammar and correctness. Students value group work as a useful way to acquire the first two. Students value journal writing as another useful way to practice writing" (Nowalk). What the author discover after observating lots of classes that student view rules, grammar, and vocabulary as critical. Having multiple writing processes help students meeting writing task and students favor group activities. The author also suggested a approach called Trivium Arts. Trivium Arts refers grammar, logic and rhetoric (Nowalk). Nowalk stated that composition a composition that are similar to Trivium Arts is progymnasmate, declamation or practice speeches. Nowalk believe that these practice would help ESL student learn how to write better.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Solving the English as a Second Language writer's Dilemma <br /> <a href="http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ881565.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ881565.pdf</a> <br /> <br /> This article was writing by Thomas Nowalk. It's about teaching ESL students how to write academic essays. The author had done studies since 2004 to improved ESL writing. What he got was that students see grammar and correctness as most important for writing. "Students see vocabulary as closely related to grammar and correctness. Students value group work as a useful way to acquire the first two. Students value journal writing as another useful way to practice writing" (Nowalk). What the author discover after observating lots of classes that student view rules, grammar, and vocabulary as critical. Having multiple writing processes help students meeting writing task and students favor group activities. The author also suggested a approach called Trivium Arts. Trivium Arts refers grammar, logic and rhetoric (Nowalk). Nowalk stated that composition a composition that are similar to Trivium Arts is progymnasmate, declamation or practice speeches. Nowalk believe that these practice would help ESL student learn how to write better.</div>

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