The (tentative) schedule for the Symposium on Second Language Writing is now out. This year the conference is at Arizona State University from October 20 to October 22. Please share widely, and consider attending. http://sslw.asu.edu/2016/schedule.html
Thursday, August 4, 2016
2016 Symposium on Second Language Writing
The (tentative) schedule for the Symposium on Second Language Writing is now out. This year the conference is at Arizona State University from October 20 to October 22. Please share widely, and consider attending. http://sslw.asu.edu/2016/schedule.html
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Words Fail
I found this piece by Curzan helpful in thinking about how to move
beyond the place of having no words to process the difficult events we
see everyday to finding the language to do so. This is also helpful to think about with our non-native speaking writers. It might not be an issue of language that's preventing them from writing about difficult events; it might be the events themselves. http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2016/07/13/words-fail/
Thursday, July 7, 2016
9 Tools for the Accidental Writing Teacher
Some good tips for incorporating writing instruction in all classrooms- https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1460-9-tools-for-the-accidental-writing-teacher?cid=VTEVPMSED1
Why Do So Many Graduate Students Quit?
Some good points to consider when working with graduate students and how these issues may affect their academic writing - http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/07/why-do-so-many-graduate-students-quit/490094/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-070616
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Textbooks and Resources for Teaching SLW - Higher Education ESL
50 Steps
to Improving Your Academic Writing - Chris Sowton -Garnett Publishing 2011
ISBN: 978-1859646557
Academic
Writing for Graduate Students, Swales & Feak
Advanced
Grammar by Helen Hoyt Schmidt (Pearson)
Exploring Options in Academic Writing: Effective Vocabulary and Grammar
Use by Jan Frodesen (Author),
Margi Wald (Author),
University of Michigan Press - 2016 - ISBN-13: 978-0472034260
Fundamentals of English Grammar, Azar
Grammar Choices, Caplan
Great
Writing and Final Draft series (Keith Folse)
Introduction to Academic Writing, by Oshima &
Hogue
Longman Academic Writing Series 5
Making Connections, 1, Williams
New
Passwords I, Butler
New
Passwords II, Butler
Sixty
Words, Cranker
Sourcework:
Academic Writing From Sources, Dollahite
Stylish
Academic Writing by Helen Sword (Harvard University Press, 2012)
Top
20: Great Grammar for Great Writing, Folse
Understanding
and Using English Grammar with On-Line Subscription, Azar
Writing
Academic English, by Oshima & Hogue
Writing Today (Pearson)
Writing
for Computer Science, Justin Zobel, 1998, Springer
Writing
in the Sciences: Exploring Conventions of Scientific Discourse, Ann Penrose and Steven Katz, 2004, Bedford/St. Martin's
Press
Essentials
of Writing Biomedical Research Papers,
Zeiger (Ed.), 2000, McGraw Hill
Writing
in the Social Sciences, Steward
& Smelstor, 1984, Scott Foresman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Art,
Sylvan Barnet, 2003, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Literature,
Barnet & Cain, 2003, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Biology,
Pechenik, 2004, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry,
Beall & Trimbur, 2001, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about History,
Marius, 2002, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Music,
Porush, 2000, Longman
A
Short Guide to Writing about Social Science,
Cuba, 2002, Longman
Writing
Up Research: Experiemental Research Report Writing for Students of English by
Robert Weissberg and Suzanne Buker.
Textbooks and Resources for Teaching SLW - EFL
Devine, Felice Primeau. Goof-Proof Grammar. Learning
Express, 2002
Hacker, Diana, et al. A Writer's Reference,
Bedford/St. Martins, Boston, 2007
Murray, Neil. Writing Essays in English Language and
Linguistics: Principles, Tips and Strategies for Undergraduates, Cambridge
University Press, New York; Cambridge, 2012
New English File series
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Teachers
Sounds like a useful resource for teachers. Looking forward to see how useful it will be in practice - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/technology/amazon-unveils-online-education-service-for-teachers.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
ACCESSIBLE SYLLABUS
Great resource for making our syllabi more accessible - https://accessiblesyllabus.tulane.edu/
Monday, June 20, 2016
My Writing Productivity Pipeline
My Writing Productivity Pipeline
My Writing Productivity Pipeline
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1447-my-writing-productivity-pipeline
Friday, April 15, 2016
Providing Feedback on Feedback - Brown Bag Presentation - Spring 2016 - Columbia University Teachers College
“HOW
DO I RESPOND?”: AN EXAMINATION OF
SECOND
LANGUAGE WRITING TEACHER CANDIDATES’
RESPONSES
TO MULTILINGUAL STUDENT WRITERS
Dr. Cate Crosby, Faculty
TESOL&
Applied Linguistics Program
Teachers
College, Columbia University
Because of the diverse linguistic
and educational backgrounds multilingual writers bring to the writing process,
second language writing (SLW) teachers are presented with unique writing
challenges to address in the classroom. Moreover, the experience SLW instructors
have with providing feedback to multilingual writers often addresses local
errors in writing rather than global. Finally, because writing feedback is one
of the most common ways to instruct multilingual writers on how to improve
their writing, there is the need for it to be comprehensible. However, it is
often the case that this is not so (Stern & Solomon, 2006). This brown bag
presents the results of a study of ten SLW teacher candidates’ responses to
U.S.-educated multilingual writers that was carried out in a first year writing
course for the purpose of learning about writing errors and providing feedback.
Results show the teacher candidates developed a strong sense of the
multilingual writers’ academic literacy needs and greater confidence in responding
to global and local writing issues.
Link to the Brown Bag Presentation - Spring 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cq-Y97PpUc
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