2008 AU TESOL Summer Intensive Workshop

2008 AU TESOL Summer Intensive Workshop

Working with Multilingual Writers: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Featured Workshop Leaders: Dana Ferris, Paul Kei Matsuda, Christine Tardy

INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
TESL-560 Working with Multilingual Writers: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Instructor: Angela Dadak. Materials fee $100 (for all sections).

Workshop may be taken on either one- or three-credit basis.
One-credit option (TESL.560.N02) is PASS/FAIL basis only.
Three-credit option (TESL.560.N01) is PASS/FAIL basis (only with explicit approval of course instructor).

Instructional Component (for both options): Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 11-13, 9:30am-5:30pm
Follow Up Component (for 3-credit option): Friday & Sunday 25 & 27, 9:30am-5:30pm

2008 Summer Workshop Schedule

Workshop Description

Three renowned second language writing teacher-researchers present a variety of theoretical insights and practical strategies for working with multilingual writers in this workshop, designed for both ESL and College Writing instructors.

Topics covered include: an overview of the characteristics of multilingual writers and their texts; tips for designing writing courses for multilingual writers; strategies for developing productive and engaging writing assignments; strategies for providing peer and teacher feedback on global and local issues; and considerations in classroom assessment. Participants will also learn instructional practices that respond to students’ linguistic and cultural differences.

Students taking the one-credit option will produce a report reflecting on what they learned. Students taking the three-credit option will design a detailed personal professional-development plan or a two-to three-day training program for second language writing teachers. Three-credit projects will be evaluated on Friday, July 25, and presented by participants on Sunday, July 27.

One-credit students enroll on a pass/fail basis. Three-credit students enroll on A-F basis with prior approval. All students receive certificates of participation. Breakfast and lunch will be provided 7/11-7/13 and 7/27.

Workshop Leaders

	Dana Ferris, Ph.D., is Professor of English at California State University, Sacramento, where she teaches MA TESOL, applied linguistics, and multilingual writing courses and coordinates the multilingual writing program. Her books include Teaching ESL Composition (with John Hedgcock); Response to Student Writing; and Treatment of Error in Second Language Writing Classes, and she has published research in various journals on response to student writing and error correction. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Second Language Writing.
	Paul Kei Matsuda, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University, where he works closely with doctoral and master’s students in various disciplines, including Applied Linguistics, Composition Studies, Linguistics, Rhetoric and TESOL. Previously, he was the Director of Composition at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught various writing courses as well as graduate courses in Composition Studies and Applied Linguistics. He is founding chair of the Symposium on Second Language Writing and of the CCCC Committee on Second Language Writing. He has edited a number of books and special journal issues on second language writing, and has published widely in both Rhetoric/Composition and TESOL/Applied Linguistics. For more information, visit: http://matsuda.jslw.org/.
	Christine Tardy, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse at DePaul University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in TESOL, applied linguistics, writing studies, and ESL writing. She has previously taught ESL/EFL in the Czech Republic, Japan, and Turkey. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Second Language Writing and Journal of English for Academic Purposes. She has published in numerous journals and edited collections on second language writing research and pedagogy.

Project Evaluators

Brock Brady, Co Director American University TESOL Programs, teaches courses in Language Assessment, Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom, and Curriculum and Materials Development. His research interests include cross-cultural discourse analysis, teaching pronunciation, language assessment, and distance learning. Brady is currently a Director on the Board of TESOL, Inc, and is the association's representative to the United Nation's NGO program. A former Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteer, Brady has taught in Korea, France, Panama, South Africa, and several West African countries and has managed English Teaching Programs for the US State Department in Burkina Faso and Benin.

Angela Dadak received her BA in Russian Area Studies from Dartmouth, and then after teaching English abroad in Poland and Peru, she returned to the US and earned her MA in TESOL from the Monterey Institute of International Studies on the central coast of California. In her position as International Student Coordinator for the College Writing Program (CWP) at AU, she primarily works with students adjusting to US academic work and with the CWP faculty who have international students in their classes.

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