This research focuses in the development of a taxonomy of ESL writing strategies. According to the various researchers presented by Congjun Mu, author of this research, although there were various writing strategies, they have not been properly classified. The taxonomy of ESL writing strategies proposed by the author presented five major categories:
1. communicative strategies- needed to express ideas in an effective way
2. rethorical strategies- use to organize ideas
3. meta-cognitive strategies- use to create paragraph conventions (i.e. beginning, cohesion, coherence, ending)
4. cognitive strategies- use to generate, revise, elaborate and summarize ideas
5. social/affective strategies- encompasses the ones use to interact with other people; resourcing and gathering feedback from others to gain support.
I found very interesting the fact that the use of the vernacular language (L1) is one of the strategies used (rethorical strategies) to properly convey the ideas in the written work.
Cognitive learning goes beyong the mind it includes reflection, feedback and self-discovery.
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