Bahram Mowlaie

[ 1 ] - Scaffolding for English as Foreign Language Writers: Writing a Scholastic Essay

This article describes how a group of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners were guided through the practice of writing their first academic essays in English. The method applied the principle of scaffolding to the essay writing process by providing flexible support for the learners during the writ- ing their first essays. Scaffolding included a number of aspects, each of which is explained i...