Yet around the world, many language Exams are still, despite what we have said, taken by candidates using
pens and pencils, and we generally write notes, postcards, memos, journals, etc. in handwriting. It is unlikely
that handwriting will become obsolete, at least not in the immediate future.
Many students whose native-language orthography is very different from English have difficulty forming
English letters and may have to be taught exactly how it is done. This may involve showing them which
direction the writing strokes go in. For example, the following (i.e. at the star) and how the strokes go.
Gradually, the written b becomes fainter and fainter until the students are, in effect, writing it on their own.