Essay Writing for Adolescents With Language and Learning Difficulties - Practical Strategies for English Teachers

Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties is a step-by-step guide for educators teaching secondary students with language difficulties how to write an English essay and, more importantly, how to do this on their own.

Essay writing is one of the most difficult skills that secondary school students need to develop, though there are limited resources available to support these students and their teachers. Based on research into language disorders in adolescence and language processing, the strategies in this book are easy to apply and represent a scaffolded and sequenced approach to teaching essay writing. The book's structure encourages students' skills and confidence to be developed gradually, each chapter building on the last, beginning with the early stages of text analysis and progressing through to writing a complete essay. While written with students with language difficulties in mind, the strategies in this book are applicable to teaching all secondary school students.

Written by a speech pathologist with over a decade's experience working in secondary schools, this book is an essential resource for all high school English teachers and any education professionals responsible for teaching adolescents how to write essays competently and confidently.

List of contents

Introduction 1. A Way to Analyse Texts 2. Essential Essay Structures 3. Essay Topic Breakdown and Planning 4. Writing an English Essay

About the author

Kim Knight has worked as a speech pathologist for over a decade, practising in schools across Australia. She has a passion for books, and her degrees in English literature have proved invaluable in supporting secondary and university students struggling with narrative and essay writing.

Summary

Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties is a step-by-step guide for educators teaching secondary students with language difficulties how to write an English essay and, more importantly, how to do this on their own.

Product details

• Authors: Kim Knight, Kim (Australia) Knight
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781032203942
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220394-2
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Study Skills, EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities, EDUCATION / Essays, EDUCATION / Special Education / Communicative Disorders, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Communication Studies, Secondary Schools, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Teaching of a specific subject, Teaching of dyslexic students, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts