The pedagogic process of writting in english as a second language (ESL) in Kenyan secondary schools.

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The present study is a descriptive survey of the pedagogic process of ESL writing in selected secondary school classes in Kenya.The study describes the input provided by teachers with regard to writing in the ESL classes, explores the steps in the writing process followed by the learners, uncovers teacher feedback provision practices and finally surveys learners" reactions to the writing lessons and to the feedback.The motivation for the study was the continued poor performance in the K.C.S.E English composition writing paper.The subjects of the study were Form Two students plus their teachers of English (writing) in eleven secondary schools selected using stratified random sampling.Data collection was by classroom observations, tape-recording of lessons, questionnaires, interviews and document analysis of marked essays.Data analysis and discussion of findings was guided by the tenets of Ellis" theory of instructed second language acquisition, the affective filter hypothesis and the pr

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