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High Stakes Test-Taking Strategies to Teach in Language Arts and English - 2 views

Here is another little article I found. It is more geared for those who are going to teach multiple subjects, middle school, or at the high school level. The article gives pointers for teachers on ...

writing students teaching testing

started by valane on 11 Mar 12 1 follow-up, last by valane on 11 Mar 12

How is Pedagogical Grammar Defined in Current TESOL Train Practice? - 4 views

The article talks about Pedagogy Grammar (PG) and the different programs that teach it to second language learners (SLL) both in Canada and the United States. The two main programs in the article a...

started by valane on 11 Mar 12 1 follow-up, last by valane on 11 Mar 12

A mobile-device-supported peer-assisted learning system for collaborative early EFL rea... - 5 views

My first three entries for this research dealt with the classroom pedagogy as it related to teaching. The forth focused on technology used in a university setting for writing. For this last arti...

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started by Joseph Fithian on 10 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Collaborative writing among L2 learners in academic web-based projects - 2 views

My first entry was "How Well Are ESL Teachers Being Prepared to Integrate Technology in Their Classrooms?" The second: "A Framework for Addressing Challenges to Classroom Technology Use". The thir...

students classroom literacy

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http://pages.unibas.ch/LIlab/staff/tenhacken/language-acquisition/W1_Introduction.pdf - 1 views

I talked about this PowerPoint in the chapter 10 group. It compares i-learning vs. e-learning in a clearer way than I thought the chapter did.

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The Reading Workshop - 0 views

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Renee Rodriguez on 05 Mar 12

This article, "Listen While You Work", discussed the benefits of listening to background music while working in a language arts class. The article listed the benefits of doing so which are improving retention and memory, an increase in attention levels, extending focused learning time and expanding thinking skills. The teacher gave few rules for listening to music while working but insisted that the students listen to the same CD from the beggining to the end of class and keep the volume down so peers arn't disrupted. Recently, it was discovered that the corpus callosum, located in the brain, increases in size when humans are exposed to music. Communication is then increased bewteen the two halves of the brain which increases learning efficency.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article, "Listen While You Work", discussed the benefits of listening to background music while working in a language arts class. The article listed the benefits of doing so which are improving retention and memory, an increase in attention levels, extending focused learning time and expanding thinking skills. The teacher gave few rules for listening to music while working but insisted that the students listen to the same CD from the beggining to the end of class and keep the volume down so peers arn't disrupted. Recently, it was discovered that the corpus callosum, located in the brain, increases in size when humans are exposed to music. Communication is then increased bewteen the two halves of the brain which increases learning efficency. </div>

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How to Write Academically as a Postgraduate Student from Non-English Speaking Backgroun... - 0 views

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Chris Fosen on 05 Mar 12

From Tong: This paper is and interview from the teachers who teaches academic writing to post graduate students and EFL students. It provides the teachers methods to bring up an academic piece to the students so that the student will understand the purpose of the paper. Through a series of lectures and example, the teacher works on having the student find evidence and state their point of view. It's mostly on the things that most of us should know, such as a paper should start with an introduction, have body paragraphs and conclusion and don't use the word I think, I believe etc. in an academic paper, but us quotes and supporting evidence.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Tong: This paper is and interview from the teachers who teaches academic writing to post graduate students and EFL students. It provides the teachers methods to bring up an academic piece to the students so that the student will understand the purpose of the paper. Through a series of lectures and example, the teacher works on having the student find evidence and state their point of view. It's mostly on the things that most of us should know, such as a paper should start with an introduction, have body paragraphs and conclusion and don't use the word I think, I believe etc. in an academic paper, but us quotes and supporting evidence.</div>

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JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie - 1 views

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ESL tutoring writing centers

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This article was really interesting because it targeted exactly what I'm doing at the ESL resource center and gave me a lot of insight into what kinds of questions I should be asking students who come in, how I can better understand their writing and most importantly, how I can better help them with their writing. It discussed how as tutors, we should maximize our resources and skills to better help these students. In the ESL resource center, we have such a good mix of backgrounds, that it really helps accomodate the students as we better understand them. This article emphasized pointing out the differences between HOC (Higher Order Content) vs LOC (Lower Order Content) something I have definitely come across in my internship: students coming in focusing solely on grammar, or pronunciation, or content (a rare one.)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article was really interesting because it targeted exactly what I'm doing at the ESL resource center and gave me a lot of insight into what kinds of questions I should be asking students who come in, how I can better understand their writing and most importantly, how I can better help them with their writing. It discussed how as tutors, we should maximize our resources and skills to better help these students. In the ESL resource center, we have such a good mix of backgrounds, that it really helps accomodate the students as we better understand them. This article emphasized pointing out the differences between HOC (Higher Order Content) vs LOC (Lower Order Content) something I have definitely come across in my internship: students coming in focusing solely on grammar, or pronunciation, or content (a rare one.)</div>

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How Social Media is Effecting the Way We Read and Write - 0 views

http://gigaom.com/collaboration/how-social-media-is-affecting-the-way-we-speak-and-write/ This was a very interesting and actually decently fun read about a commonly talked about idea of whether o...

started by aberman on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Language Proficiency, Writing Ability, and Composing Strategies: A Study of ESL College... - 1 views

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ESL writing language proficiency

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This article describes a study similar to one that we read about with the 10 UCLA students, except these students in the study are ESL students; something I want to follow with this thread. This study basically shows that L1 and L2 writers had many strategies in common, the main difference being that L2 writers weren't as concerned as the L1 writers in correcting their work, their main focus being, just get it out! We have discussed in class about writing for a specific purpose and how you audience affects your writing; this study shows that ESL students' composing strategies were not inhibited by their purpose or audience.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article describes a study similar to one that we read about with the 10 UCLA students, except these students in the study are ESL students; something I want to follow with this thread. This study basically shows that L1 and L2 writers had many strategies in common, the main difference being that L2 writers weren't as concerned as the L1 writers in correcting their work, their main focus being, just get it out! We have discussed in class about writing for a specific purpose and how you audience affects your writing; this study shows that ESL students' composing strategies were not inhibited by their purpose or audience.</div>

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Looking for quality in student writing, Six traits of individual voice - 2 views

http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm I chose this article because I was still feeling rather intrigued by the chapter in Concepts in Composition about voice and style, and was very curiou...

started by aberman on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Willingham Article - 0 views

New types of technology are not neccesarily engaging just because they are present. The teachers needs to be able to use them as tools to enhance curriculum already in use. Technology can be overw...

started by Rachel Worley on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

First Reflections - 0 views

Student teachers' first reflections on information and communications technology and classroom learning: Implications for initial teacher education is an article written by Daniela Sime and Mark Pr...

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started by Ashley Sawyer on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

A Framework for Addressing Challenges to Classroom Technology Use - 0 views

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Joseph Fithian on 05 Mar 12

Profess Groff, at MIT, took on the topic of classroom technology and the classroom environment. It is an older article, but she looked at the integration into the learning processes of student and the ways to judge a successful device in the learning process. One point, is that instructors need to assess the effects of a device early-on, so that an effective integration plan could be implemented before the likelihood of it hindering the learning process. I would agree that in the past this was a simple solution even though there seemed to be a lag in the educational system to integrate these devices. Now, however, the rate of development of new devices seems to be making the lag even more of an issue. The end of the article details the main obstacles to learning, the classroom and new technology in the classroom; and they mostly relate to the teacher. Students have no problem keeping up with the newest device available. This then brings me back to the idea that an effect plan in the school and teacher training needs to be employed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Profess Groff, at MIT, took on the topic of classroom technology and the classroom environment. It is an older article, but she looked at the integration into the learning processes of student and the ways to judge a successful device in the learning process. One point, is that instructors need to assess the effects of a device early-on, so that an effective integration plan could be implemented before the likelihood of it hindering the learning process. I would agree that in the past this was a simple solution even though there seemed to be a lag in the educational system to integrate these devices. Now, however, the rate of development of new devices seems to be making the lag even more of an issue. The end of the article details the main obstacles to learning, the classroom and new technology in the classroom; and they mostly relate to the teacher. Students have no problem keeping up with the newest device available. This then brings me back to the idea that an effect plan in the school and teacher training needs to be employed.</div>

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Forrest (2006): 3 Foci of effective HS Generation 1.5 Lit. Program - 0 views

http://www.evernote.com/shard/s88/sh/50fa39c6-21e4-4116-abe5-8a07ce5278b8/70dab8a2f47dad604499833c42ff93ff This article provides a framework for developing a literacy program that specifically foc...

generation 1.5 literacy adolescents

started by Rebecca Ramirez on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Ivey & Broaddus (2007): Lit. Engagement among Adolescent Latino Students - 2 views

http://www.jstor.org/stable/20068318 The authors of this article focus on the specific and unique needs of high school students who are recent arrivals to this country and thus, beginning readers ...

adolescents ELs

started by Rebecca Ramirez on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Have Technology and Multitasking Rewired How Students Learn? - 2 views

This is the article Dr. Fosen sent to all of us. The article is by cognitive science, the science of the mind and how it works. Here it is applied to how the mind works in relation to learning an...

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started by Joseph Fithian on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Journal Writing in Adult ESL: Improving Practice Through Reflective Writing - 0 views

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Lina Dong on 05 Mar 12

In this article, the author describes how journal writing can help ESL learners improve writing by examples and introduces different types of journals. Journal writing is a popular tool used in writing class to get students practice and provide students the method and space to explore their ideas and reflect on action, questions and experience they have had out of class. I am interested in limited-free writing and journal can be considered a good method of limited-free writing. The general topic will not limit students' thoughts, and journals can build the conversation with teacher outside of class by written language; in this sense, journals can help students develop critical thinking skills and practice English writing. Besides freewriting, there are more writing practices helpful for students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this article, the author describes how journal writing can help ESL learners improve writing by examples and introduces different types of journals. Journal writing is a popular tool used in writing class to get students practice and provide students the method and space to explore their ideas and reflect on action, questions and experience they have had out of class. I am interested in limited-free writing and journal can be considered a good method of limited-free writing. The general topic will not limit students' thoughts, and journals can build the conversation with teacher outside of class by written language; in this sense, journals can help students develop critical thinking skills and practice English writing. Besides freewriting, there are more writing practices helpful for students.</div>

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ESL/EFL instructors' practices for writing assessment: specific purposes or general pur... - 1 views