EDUA 5456 Teach Writing: English Lang Learner
TEACHING WRITING TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
The job of teaching writing to a classroom full of students with varying English language skills can be overwhelming. This course is designed to support English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers as well as general education and subject area teachers who have ESL students to whom they teach writing.
This course outlines the classroom conditions necessary for successful writing instruction of English language learners (ELLs) and describes best practices employed by highly effective teachers. By the end of the course the teacher will have the skills necessary to teach students at all levels of language acquisition how to make connections, ask questions, visualize, infer, determine importance, synthesize, monitor meaning and comprehension, and revise. Further, the teacher will be able to select mentor texts and teach students how to find mentor authors to guide independent learning.