ABSTRACT
Teaching students to write is seen as one of the most important functions of schools. But teaching writing is hard work. Students bring a range of language skills to this task. For speakers of vernacular dialects, there are some special factors for teachers to consider in writing instruction largely because the contrasts between the language of speaking and the language of writing are greater for them than for speakers of standard varieties. This chapter considers a range of issues in teaching writing to vernacular dialect speakers.
