Readingand Writingin Esl By Annie

Reading and Writing in Academic ESL How it got to be such a drag…

…and what to do about it now.

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There was the audiolingual approach: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Oral language was the important thing. Reading and writing in the new language would just fall into place somehow.

By the time people noticed the problem, a new approach was in vogue…

E nglish for S pecial P urposes ,[object Object]

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What do students need to do? ,[object Object],[object Object]

So in ESL classes we will ,[object Object],[object Object]

And since ESL students don’t usually become English majors, ,[object Object]

The ESL students worked very hard.

Literature teaches students to “formulate their own ideas, and to look closely at a text for evidence to support generalizations—teaches them to think critically.” Ruth Spack, 1986

[object Object],[object Object],“ At the heart of understanding reading and writing connections one must begin to view reading and writing as essentially similar processes of meaning construction. Both are acts of composing.”

So with ups and downs, things are starting to look a bit better.

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