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Teaching Writing to Intermediate and Advanced English Learners (3 credits)
Introduction
Study Guide
Welcome (6:42)
Overview (14:14)
Pretest-check your knowledge of academic writing
Plan the Final Project
Module 1: Context for teaching academic writing
Introduction (4:41)
1.1 Challenges in teaching (7:41)
1.2 Problems students face in learning (10:36)
1.3 The context of English language teaching (5:26)
1.4 Key issues in teaching to ELLs (10:06)
1.5 Interview: Kelly Reider on WIDA writing rubrics (39:37)
Reading 1: Teaching in the dyslexia-friendly classroom
Self-assessment 1
Quiz 1: Link to Google Forms
Module 2: What is successful language teaching & learning?
Introduction (2:58)
2.1 What is successful language learning? (18:39)
2.2 What is effective writing? (21:03)
2.3 What are key teaching strategies? (20:28)
Reading 2: 11 recommendations to improve writing
Self-assessment 2
Quiz 2: Link to Google Forms
Module 3: Features of good writing
Introduction (4:46)
3.1 Simple sentences (6:46)
3.2 Varied sentence structure (7:44)
3.3 Effective paragraph organization (10:46)
3.4 Coherence (6:45)
3.5 Paraphrasing (9:33)
3.6 Summarizing (6:39)
3.7 Quoting (13:10)
3.8 Plagiarism (10:20)
Reading 3: Teaching tenses to ESL students
Self-assessment 3
Quiz 3: Link to Google Forms
Module 4: How to develop ideas for writing
Introduction (3:30)
4.1 Do research: 3QSR (12:19)
4.2 Take notes (10:39)
4.3 Think critically (10:24)
4.4 Free writing: questions and answers (7:29)
4.5 Interview: Dorothy Zemach on the writing process (53:46)
Reading 4: Teaching secondary students to write effectively
Self-assessment 4
Activities for your learners 4
Module 5: How learners can improve their writing
Introduction (4:18)
5.1 Revise (12:51)
5.2 Edit (11:36)
5.3 Proofread (12:22)
5.4 MLA 8 Style Guide (16:00)
5.5 Interview: Nick Walker, creator of Virtual Writing Tutor (37:22)
Reading 5: What research on second language writing tells us and what it doesn’t by E. Hinkel
Self-assessment 5
Quiz 5: Link to Google Forms
Bonus: Teaching literature through film
A. Why teach literature (8:02)
B. What literature to teach (8:56)
C. Using film (7:27)
D. Getting learners to talk (7:38)
E. Getting learners to write (9:23)
Additional material
Downloadable teaching unit: "The Amazing World of Comics"
Works Cited
Course evaluation
Questionnaire
3.5 Paraphrasing
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