2 - Developing Competence in Writing Simple Texts

General description

For a beginner ESL speaker, the learner's ability to write is severely limited by her/his knowledge of the language itself (vocabulary, structure, etc.), in addition to the limited exposure to the sound-symbol relationship and spelling conventions in English.
May be literate in the same alphabet ( may know and write all the familiar letters both upper and lowercase).
Writes a small number of familiar words and simple learned phrases in predictable contexts related to immediate needs.
Limited ability to phonetically encode and write unfamiliar words unless they contain sequences of letters and soundsymbol correspondences known from first language or previous learning.
Can write more items of personal information in forms and fill out simple slips.
Can write a few sentences or phrases about self, family or other highly familiar information in the form of a simple description, either as answers to questions or when guided by some other format of text or context.
Accuracy in structure and spelling inconsistent.
Can copy basic factual information from directories or schedules.