Comprehensive Analysis of an English Language Learner’s Writing
You should discuss your student’s age, native language, country of origin, grade level, number of years/months of studying ESL, and his or her proficiency level in writing and speaking. In addition, you should discuss the context of the student’s writing sample. For example, tell what the assignment was, what it relates to (a reading, an experience, and so on), and what guidelines or other help the student was given.
Evaluation of ELL’s Organization and Rhetorical Structure: In this section, you should explain the student’s plan of organization and essay structure, as well as describe its success or failure.
Discuss how the student used lexico-grammatical resources to support the type of text he/she was writing. You must provide details and examples.
Suggestions for Correction and Remediation: Having noted problems in the student’s writing in the previous sections, in this section you should explain your corrections (and even cite sources for any that you had to look up).
Moreover, you should make recommendations for the student’s remediation. In other words, what should you, as the teacher, do to help the student, and what should the student do to help himself or herself?
Conclusion: You should sum up your comments and describe your response to the student’s writing. For example, was it difficult for you to correct the paper? What were your own strengths and weaknesses in the process?
References: Include any sources to which you referred.
Appendix A: ELL’s Writing (in its original form, typed or handwritten and scanned) In other words, make a copy of the student’s writing before you write on it in any way.
Appendix B: ELL’s Writing (with your corrections) Your corrections may be in the margins, between the lines, or at the end.
