... their first language skills in learning a second language by making clear the interrelationship between reading and writing in both the first and the target language. Gaudiani, Claire. Teaching ... relationship between writing in a first language and writing in a second language, how writing fits into Krashen’s language acquisition /learning model, and writing as a developmental process. ... in a second language, but that similarities are sure to exist between writing in the student’s native language and second language. Similar to composition courses taught in the native language, ...