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March 7, 2008
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Writing can be hard, even for me a native English speaker and ESL teacher. But once ESL students become comfortable with writing in English, it is important to introduce some common structures in English writing.
Traditionally in English, an essay states the main idea in the first paragraph and each paragraph that follows supports the main idea. While this rigid structure is not always followed, students should understand that normally they should structure their writing in that manner.
ESL teachers, especially native English speakers, may not consider teaching essay organization, but some cultures value other essay structures. There is a great video clip about a nonnative English speaker, Pablo Zapata, and his problems with the very direct manner of English essay writing.
Some students may have a hard time transitioning to this style of writing, but once their language is intelligible, it is a necessity. English readers have certain expectations about how writing should be organized, especially in academics. As teachers, we should give our students the skills to meet readers' expectations.
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wangweilunwen
my parent company is at Portland ,but I donot go there , Make friend with you , my MSN is wangweilunwen@live.cn .have a good weekend
highlook
Yes.. me too, I do agree with you.
I guess that the writing skill is difficult to learn, because I used to face the problems of my poor colleagues in the essay writing course. I don't hide that I do have some problems in this particulary course, but I think now I get to a stage of good writing. :).. I read that writing skill is the last skill an English learner can truly learn and achieve.
Anyway, mitchelk, thanks alot for all your efforts in helping us " English learners"..
Keep It uPP..
kfbrfd
yes,i am agree with you!
hello, i am from china,and my english name is Jack Zou. i want to improve my english. i think that you should use it ,read it ,listen to it,say it as more as you dan whenever you learn any language,then you can find you are good at it.
scomos
HI!
It's was nice to u, about the lesson. I'm new in englishbaby. I ve seen u h've lots of friends, mean u really like to help, so i didn't send u a request on that. U r normally (i think) a pretty bisy person and i don't want be and over-charge, cause, me too, i want somme help ( in english, sure!).
It was just to let my print on ur page and frist of all, to say HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! PEACE AND LOVE TO U.
sharpsanjay
frozenblue
you are a verey nice person
you seam like you like to help people thats so sweet
and you areso beautiful too
dont stop your good work
hope the best for you always
a smile for you
tohid68