Effective Strategies for Improving Writing Skills of Elementary English Language Learners

Abstract

Writing activity is a challenging for elementary school learners. The numbers of students have different characteristics and learning styles in the learning process, so the teacher needs to find appropriate teaching strategies to maximize young language learners' skill particularly in writing. In line with those issues, the aims of this study are: 1) to identify the teaching writing process of elementary school students and 2) to explore the teaching writing strategies used by teachers for improving students' writing skill. In this article, the researchers use descriptive qualitative as a method of the research by observing the teaching process and interviewing teachers and students of UzSWLU. Findings and results of the study show the strategies which used by teacher in improving students' writing skill particularly English as a foreign language. In this case, teacher needs to use appropriate teaching strategies in teaching writing to meet the students' need, characteristics, and their learning styles.