Grammar in an ESL versus an American class

Teaching ESL and writing at the same time is illuminating, to say the least.

While the American writing student mentioned in a previous post could not pick out the subject and verb of a sentence, ESL students can do that easily, since they learn English as a second language and cannot approach it through the eyes of a baby, but must learn it through their minds, through grammar.  They are far more skilled than my American students at recognizing sentence construction.

linguistics, linguistics in the classroom, multilingualism, Teaching ESL

multilingualism, Teaching English as a Second Language