Week 4

Writing Strategies for ESL Students

The presentation was very detailed and informative. The writing strategies for the ESL student's that was shown in the presentation allows for students to learn English in a step by step manner through repetition, building vocabulary, and enhancing the students fluency. The stage of Pre-writing is the process where the student can generate ideas for his or her writing. Graphic organizers and charts are other tools that will allow for the students to write down and organize their ideas for their writing. 

The strategies that were shown are very important ; but some other strategies that I use in my class is for my students to build their literacy and writing skills are educational videos. The way I use these videos is that I play them completely first. Then I replay it and have my students take notes on the videos and write down new vocabulary words and terms that they have learned in the videos. Also I really love online games because students are very visual and these keep my students engaged. The games I use are literacy games and in order to win in the game they need to know vocabulary and certain terms. This helps students build their vocabulary and challenge themselves. For me it's important to find creative ways to build my students vocabulary and writing skills.