Assisting Basic Writers: A Theoretical Framework and Classroom Strategies

 

 

Bachrudin Musthafa

Nuril Huda

 

 

Four areas are crucial to the development of an effective ESL/EFL writing program: the nature of basic writers, acquisition of written language, approaches to teaching basic writing, and classroom strategies. Basic writers are students who have studied writing for years but are still unable to produce acceptable work. Problems are caused by lack of familiarity with specific grammatical and syntactical rules and the convention of organization and logic required in academic writing. Analytical orientation and synthetic-holistic orientation seems to be only partially applicable to solve writing problems. Writing courses should cover linguistic conventions and appropriate writing procedures. Classroom activities should be focused on helping learners express themselves in their own ways.

 

 

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Musthafa, B., & Huda, N. (1994). Assisting basic writers: A theoretical framework and classroom strategies TEFLIN Journal, 6(2).

 

 

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