Writing Strategies for ESL/Multilingual Students

For non-native speakers and learners of English and many of your peers (that is, native speakers and learners of English), writing in English is quite challenging. It is natural to struggle with many of the components of writing: selecting a topic; planning what you will write; the actual writing. You may have many questions about your writing, but you also know more than you think! You may simply need a guide to help you move from one step to the next. What follows is intended to help get you started and provide you with suggestions of where to go if you get stuck or have questions along the way.