Teaching ESL Writing

Focusing on the needs of teachers-in-training in ESL composition, this book provides the theoretical and historical basis for the field, the planning and implementing of course syllabi, and sequenced activities for use in the ESL composition classroom. The book discusses contrastive rhetoric, schema theory, cross- cultural communication, learning styles and strategies, and collaborative learning, and examines response and evaluation techniques to be used with ESL writing, with examples and sample scoring guides. For instructors and students learning ESL.