Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers

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How do non-ESL writing teachers handle the writing of their ESL students when there is a language barrier to hurdle? How do teacher trainees prepare for the growing number of ESL students in U.S. schools? Full of practical advice and applications, intended for both practicing teachers and teacher trainees, Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers is a must-read for any educator seeking to establish a mutually communicative relationship with an ESL student. Ilona Leki has spent years training ESL teachers and teaching writing to both ESL and first language students, in language institutes and at the university level. Here, she introduces writing teachers to the latest thinking of ESL professionals with regard to ESL writing. And teacher trainees just beginning their work with ESL students will find a wealth of information orienting them to this important aspect of their new profession. Leki examines ESL writing from every angle: educational and linguistic contexts from which ESL writers emerge, the forms ESL writing instruction has taken in the U.S. and abroad, principles of second language acquisition, writing behaviors of ESL students, types of writing assignments that may put ESL students at a disadvantage, and errors typical of ESL learners. She also discusses ways teachers may most effectively respond to the writing of ESL students at both syntactic and rhetorical levels, in writing or during conferences. Years of personal and professional encounters with ESL students inform her section on the students themselves--their anxieties and expectations about U.S. life, education, classrooms, and teachers come to life through stories and conversations.