Written language requires prior knowledge of many foundation language skills. Students with language learning disabilities find it difficult to integrate language skills into academic writing assignments. Exceptional educators can teach foundation writing skills through certain underlying components of language, that is, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with knowledge of oral and written strategies to improve students' written literacy abilities.
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