EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS OF ELEMENTARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Abstract

Writing activity is a challenging for elementary school students. 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 SDI Durrotul Hikmah. 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.
Keyword: writing skill, young language learner, student's characteristics, learning styles