Article Summary In Smith Carl B. And Ellis Darra M. (2003)

Pedagogy of Beginning WritingNameInstitutionDateArticle summaryIn Smith Carl B. and Ellis Darra M. (2003) “Second language learners: Writing. Eric Topical Bibliography and commentary” the authors point out that writing in ESL students is a skill that is often overlooked. They point out that only 2% of ESL teaching makes use of writing techniques. “Writing Strategies Used by ESL Upper Secondary School Students” by Maarof Nooreiny and Murat Mazlin (2013) examine the differences in the strategies used in ESL students with different proficiencies. The third article “The role of writing in classroom second language acquisition” by Harklau Linda (2002) examines the role of writing in a classroom based studies in acquisition of a second language.The main similarity between all these three articles is that they realize that writing is important though as a teaching strategy it is often disregarded. Some ESL teachers see writing as a tool for signifying learning. However, writing is also a tool that can help the student go through self awareness. In Smith and Ellis (2003), writing is noted to have been ignored when it comes to teaching English as a second language.