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Teach English Writing Skills: Narrative Challenge

October 23, 2016August 20, 2016 by eslwriter

Write a Narrative

Writing skills: idea and organisation

Creating a cohesive narrative is one of the most challenging aspects of learning how to write in English. Many ESL students do not know how to write a short passage that focuses on one main topic or how to include essential supporting ideas.

Teach English Writing Skills: Noun Modifiers

October 23, 2016August 18, 2016 by eslwriter

Nouns Modifying Nouns

Writing skill: sentence fluency

ESL students learning to write English sometimes produce wordy sentences. Wordiness is not good. It makes the text hard to read. Plus, it’s not stylish. Learning how to use the fewest number of words to express an idea is an important writing skill.

#15 Teaching Writing – Avoid Wordy Sentences

September 18, 2016August 19, 2015 by eslwriter

Teach Writing: Editing Sentences

Writing Skills: sentence fluency, editing, word choice

What comes after ESL students write the first draft? Editing.

Learning how to edit their own work is an important English writing skill.

“Edit what?” students might ask.

One answer is to look for two kinds of writing problems in the first draft: wordy sentences and empty phrases. Helping students improve their writing skills by recognizing and fixing these problems is the purpose of this lesson.