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- Title
Strategies for Assisting English Language Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (SLDs) in the Writing Centre.
- Authors
Sowell, Jimalee
- Abstract
In countries around the world, institutions of higher learning have increasingly established writing centres. Writing centres have been important resources for supporting university students in achieving their academic writing needs. Approximately, 10 percent of all learners have a specific learning difficulty (SLD). In addition to the writing challenges English language learners with SLDs might face, some English language learners might come from educational backgrounds where writing instruction was largely absent. Some English language learners with SLDs will visit writing centres for support in developing their writing skills. However, writing centre tutors may not have received any training for working with students with SLDs, and some of the tenets of current-traditional writing centre pedagogy might not be effective for English language learners with SLDs. The purpose of this article is to provide strategies writing centre tutors can use when working with English language learners with SLDs.
- Subjects
LIMITED English-proficient students; ENGLISH language writing; WRITING education; ACADEMIC discourse; WRITING processes
- Publication
Humanising Language Teaching, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 3, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1755-9715
- Publication type
Article