Writing activities need to be conducted among students since elementary school so that the students can generate good pieces of writing in the future. Writing is a multiplex activity claimed by Writing is one of the skills among speaking, reading and listening skills in English. This paper provides a literature review on the challenges faced by both teachers as well as students in teaching and learning writing skills. Therefore, a teacher needs to be aware of the challenges faced by other English teachers in teaching writing skills and ESL students’ challenges in learning to write. In order to improve a student’s writing ability, more attention must be given by a teacher to teach writing such as giving guidance and feedback. The challenges that are faced by the teachers to teach writing skills are difficult to motivate their students, students of diverse levels, difficult materials and time constraints to teach the students. The challenges faced by the students’ have made it challenging for teachers to teach writing skills. Some of the challenges that are faced by the ESL students are lack of vocabulary, poor grammar, poor spelling, students’ readiness and lack of exposure to books and reading materials. However, teaching writing has become difficult because of the challenges faced by the students in learning writing skills. Therefore, this issue needs to be tackled effectively. Their inability to write well, may affect their chances to secure a job in the future. Moreover, in this competitive world, writing is also one of the skills that is necessary to excel. Writing is not only vital in order to develop their academic performance, but also contributes to their social and emotional development. There are many consequences that could lead to major drawbacks in students’ academic performance if they have a weak foundation in writing. The teaching of writing has been conducted as early as in the early years where students start to learn how to form letters correctly. Writing is a major component in the teaching of English. The ability to teach writing effectively at elementary schools is one of the vital skills among English teachers. Writing Skills, Teaching and Learning Writing, Challenges, Elementary School, English as a Second LanguageĮnglish is used in the world as a lingua franca among people from different cultures, ethnic, and social backgrounds (ĭewi, 2015). Thus, this study aims to explore the challenges faced by both the students and teachers in learning as well as teaching writing skills in elementary schools. Not only that, teachers are also facing some challenges in teaching writing skills for students in elementary schools. Nevertheless, writing has always been a major difficulty faced by students in English language learning, especially in elementary schools. Developing students’ ability in writing is one of the major challenges faced by the ESL teachers in most schools nowadays. However, English language writing has always been a challenge for second language students to master. English is by far the most widely used language around the world. Received: OctoAccepted: DecemPublished: December 16, 2019Įnglish is an international language and in demand today. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaĬopyright © 2019 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
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