4.0

Average Course Rating

This course is for all teachers who have multilingual students in their classes, as well as for ESOL teachers. Classrooms across the United States and throughout the world are becoming more linguistically and culturally diverse, which brings both opportunities and challenges for instructors, especially for those who teach writing. In this course, we will review research in second language acquisition, and explore the theory and best practices of teaching writing to multilingual writers. Through readings and reflections, we will discuss how to create an engaging and culturally sensitive learning environment that draws upon students’ strengths from their diverse backgrounds while also supporting their individual needs. Topics will include designing and implementing a process-driven writing curriculum, collaborative learning, modeling, peer and instructor response to writing, and assessment of student writing.