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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Rethinking the English learner achievement gap 16 January 2020
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Developing Reflective Writing With L2 Learners
Betsy Gilliland
As we enter a new year, many people look back over the previous year and set goals for the coming one. This process is called reflection and is a deeply human trait—but how we express our thoughts may be different … Continue reading
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Professional Written Communication: Positioning Yourself for Maximum Effect
Betsy Gilliland
This blog post is a guest post by Gerriet Janssen, associate professor at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Last year, when I was a Fulbright Scholar in Chile, I visited Colombia and facilitated several workshops on academic writing for … Continue reading
Collect, Select, Reflect: Portfolios for L2 Writing Assessment
Betsy Gilliland
Portfolios for assessing students’ writing have been around a long time, but I believe it’s worth another visit, particularly given the tools we now have available online for collecting and sharing our work. What Is a Portfolio? A portfolio is … Continue reading
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Writing for Professional Development
Betsy Gilliland
So far in my posts about second language writing, I have focused on topics about teaching writing to language learners. As writing teachers, however, we owe it ourselves and our students to be writers as well as teachers of writing, … Continue reading
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Graduate Students and L2 Writing
Betsy Gilliland
Much discussion on academic writing revolves around undergraduate students and their transitions from secondary school into university. Despite the large numbers of international students enrolled in U.S. institutions—nearly 400,000 in 2016-17, according to the Migration Policy Institute (Zong & Batalova, 2018), … Continue reading
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Keeping Up With Issues of Plagiarism
Betsy Gilliland
Academic writing involves extensive interaction between writers and texts. Writers develop their arguments out of other writers’ ideas and use published sources to both support and refute perspectives. Examine almost any academic journal article, and you will see references and … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, ELL writing, essay writing, L2 writing, plagiarism, second language writing, source
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Writing-Related PD in the TESOL Resource Center
Betsy Gilliland
With summer break a reality for many teachers in North America, you might be thinking about professional development and wanting new ideas to infuse in your teaching after the holidays. Now is when you actually have time to devote to … Continue reading
Peer Response: 3 Ways to Foster Useful Feedback
Betsy Gilliland
Teachers worldwide lament the amount of time and effort it takes to give students feedback on their writing. We know it’s helpful for students to hear from readers on a regular basis as they draft and revise their texts, but … Continue reading
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