Thanks, Theresa. In our context second language writing is taught in
a separate undergraduate course because many of our student do a
concurrent CTESL program and go on to teach abroad.
Natasha Artemeva, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
School of Linguistics and
Language Studies
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1S 5B6
Tel.+1 (613) 520-2600 ext.7452
Fax +1 (613) 520-6641
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.carleton.ca/slals/faculty/linguistics/artemeva.html
Theresa Hyland wrote:
> Hi Natasha and Graham. I'm sorry I didn't get around to responding to
> your first call for ideas. I taught a Teaching Writing Course at
> Western that was at the 200 level (i.e. for senior students). I
> included much of what you have here (apart from the "teaching in the
> workplace" which I think is very good.). I also included a unit on
> teaching ESL students in the classroom and the different problems/
> needs that they present to a writing instructor. Many of the students
> I taught either went on to teach for a year or two in Korea, Japan or
> somewhere in South America, or found themselves dealing with ESL
> students in their high school or university classrooms, so they found
> this a useful introduction to this kind of specialized teaching. In
> this context we talked about plagiarism and ownership of ideas;
> critical thinking; separation of ideas; grammar issues (i.e. writing
> with an accent vs. clarity of message) and macrological problems of
> organization and style. Just a thought! Theresa.
>
> Natasha Artemeva wrote:
>> Apologies for cross-posting
>>
>> We would like to thank everybody who responded to Graham's request
>> for ideas for our new 4th-year "Teaching Writing" course.
>> Below we have included our course description below:
>> ************
>> Carleton University
>> School of Linguistics and Language Studies (SLaLS)
>>
>> LALS 4906: Teaching Writing in School and the Workplace
>> Winter 2010 – Tuesday & Thursday 11:35 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
>> Instructors: Graham Smart & Natasha Artemeva
>>
>> Course description
>> This course will introduce students to current approaches to
>> the teaching of writing. We will examine theoretically-informed
>> methods and strategies for teaching writing in school—at the
>> elementary, secondary, college, and university levels—as well as in
>> workplace settings. In addition to reading and discussing published
>> work on writing pedagogy, students will have an opportunity to apply
>> the methods and strategies discussed to curriculum design—that is, to
>> integrating the teaching of writing into different subject areas and
>> disciplines. The writing assignments for the course will include
>> short weekly responses to the readings and individual and small-group
>> learning projects. The course will be of interest to future and
>> current teachers, university writing tutors, workplace writing
>> coaches and editors, and professional writing consultants. Course topics
>> • Brief historical background on the teaching of writing in school
>> and workplace settings.
>> • Brief introduction to relevant socio-cultural theories of
>> language and learning.
>> • Teaching a process approach to writing: strategies for planning
>> and drafting; evaluating
>> and revising; editing.
>> • Responding to student writing.
>> • Assessing student writing.
>> • Reading and writing.
>> • Using the Internet and other digital resources for teaching
>> writing.
>> • Integrating the teaching of writing into different subject areas
>> and disciplines.
>> • Writing in the Disciplines (WID); academic writing centres.
>> • Teaching writing in workplace settings: in-house coaching and
>> editing; consulting.
>>
>> Prerequisite: The course requires third-year standing.
>>
>> Graham Smart – [log in to unmask] (613) 520-2600 (ext. 2000)
>> Natasha Artemeva – [log in to unmask] (613) 520-2600
>> (ext. 7452)
>> *************
>> Natasha & Graham
>>
>>
>>>> Graham Smart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> We’re currently designing a^ 4th-year course here at Carleton on
>>>>>
>> the
>>>>> teaching of writing. The title of the course is “Teaching
>> Writing in
>>>>> School and the Workplace.” Here’s our working calendar
>> description:
>>
>>>>> *Course description*
>>>>>
>>>>> Approaches to teaching writing in elementary and secondary school,
>>>>>
>> in
>>>>> university, and in the
>>>>>
>>>>> workplace. Discussion of writing pedagogies as viewed from
>>>>> socio-cultural perspectives on
>>>>>
>>>>> language and learning. The course will be of interest to future
>>>>>
>> and
>>>>> current teachers, workplace
>>>>>
>>>>> trainers, editors, and writing consultants.
>>>>> *Outcomes*
>>>>>
>>>>> · Participants will have a broad understanding of current
>>>>> approaches to teaching writing in school (elementary, secondary,
>>>>> university) and workplace.
>>>>>
>>>>> · Participants will have had experience applying one of
>>>>>
>> these
>>>>> approaches in at least one school or workplace setting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With this in mind, we have a couple of questions to ask you:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) We would like to pitch the course to students in various
>>>>> departments here at Carleton as a good item to have on a résumé
>>>>>
>> for
>>>>> someone planning to apply for teachers’ college. But of course we
>>>>>
>> only
>>>>> want to make this claim if it’s reasonable. Do you think this
>>>>>
>> would be
>>>>> a valid claim for us to make?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Do you know any ‘must-have’ readings that you would
>> recommend?
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks very much,
>>>>>
>>>>> Graham and Natasha
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>> Graham Smart
>>>>> Associate Professor
>>>>> Carleton University
>>>>> School of Linguistics &
>>>>> Language Studies
>>>>> 215 Paterson Hall
>>>>> 1125 Colonel By Drive
>>>>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>>>> Canada K1S 5B6
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>>
>> Natasha Artemeva, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor
>> School of Linguistics and Language Studies;Carleton University
>> 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6;
>> Tel. +1 (613) 520-2600 ext.7452
>>
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