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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Yes, teachers are still being evaluated. Many say it's unfair 19 October 2020
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Tag Archives: academic writing
Teaching Workplace Writing
Betsy Gilliland
Much of our discussions of writing instruction revolves around academic writing and preparing students for their future studies, from high school to university to graduate school. But few of our students plan to become professors, so it’s important for writing … Continue reading
Writing-Focused Sessions at TESOL 2020
Betsy Gilliland
March means it’s almost time for the annual TESOL Convention, which this year will take place in vibrant Denver, Colorado. If you are attending the Convention, you have myriad opportunities to participate in workshops and listen to speakers talking about … Continue reading
Researching Second Language Writing
Betsy Gilliland
As writing teachers, we read research other people have conducted. During our studies, professors assigned us journal articles and books describing observations of classrooms, analyses of students’ written texts, and interviews with teachers about their work. If you are like … Continue reading
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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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