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Informational Report Writing Using the Genre-Based Approach in ESL Elementary Context

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Aicha Zohbie
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si7.451

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Students in an ESL K-12 school are having difficulties when approaching L2 writing. Many reasons contribute to making writing a difficult and undesirable task. Teachers are not adequately trained to teach L2 writing. Thus, the content taught, and pedagogies employed are not tailored to students’ needs which as a result impacts students’ ability to write. In addition, the students have limited grammar and vocabulary knowledge. Students need systematic instruction in academic language (De Jong & Harper, 2005), and enough instruction time to write effectively. According to Harmer (1998), teaching writing to ESL learners helps in reinforcement, language development, learning style, and most importantly, writing as a skill.

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