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Second-Language Students Writing Abilities
Second-Language Students' Writing Abilities
Students for whom English is a second or third language (ESL) have a keen understanding of how languages work.
However, they have different skills and needs than native speakers of English. Because they have to deal with competing cultural expectations and competing languages, ESL students can have special difficulties seeing problems with their
writing and solving them.
ESL speakers are often excellent students, highly motivated; their problems seldom involve a lack of ideas. Their primary writing problems typically involve difficulty expressing concepts and ideas in English. The solutions they attempt can sometimes be quite perplexing to their readers—including their professors.
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Second-Language Students' Writing Abilities
Students for whom English is a second or third language (ESL) have a keen understanding of how languages work.
However, they have different skills and needs than native speakers of English. Because they have to deal with competing cultural expectations and competing languages, ESL students can have special difficulties seeing problems with their
writing and solving them.
ESL speakers are often excellent students, highly motivated; their problems seldom involve a lack of ideas. Their primary writing problems typically involve difficulty expressing concepts and ideas in English. The solutions they attempt can sometimes be quite perplexing to their readers—including their professors.
ESL students have a wide range of language abilitie (read more)
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