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Course ID: M9D010YQ
Credits: 3
Objective: This course is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of research in teaching writing. It will cover a range of topics, including the relationship between second language acquisition and second language writing, academic writing, second language writing process, second language writing instruction, responding to writing, evaluating writing, revision, and technology in the writing classroom. Participants in the course will learn how to design, teach, evaluate, and give feedback to students’ writing by using the concepts and strategies learned from the course. Participants will be asked to read and respond to the texts and be ready to join class discussions. At the end of the semester, students will need to submit an integrative review of literature in their interested areas.
Course Prerequisites: None
Outline:
Text: Williams, Jessica. Teaching Writing in Second and Foreign Language Classrooms. McGraw Hill International Edition, 2005. Materials will also include articles from journals provided by the instructor. Other Recommended Texts:
1. Teaching ESL Writing (by Joy M. Reid, 1993)
2. Second Language Writing: Research Insights for the Classroom (edited by Barbara Kroll, 1994)
3. Analyzing Academic Writing: Contextualized Frameworks (edited by Louise J. Ravelli and Robert A. Ellis, 2005)
4. Theory and Practice of Writing: An Applied Linguistic Perspective (by William Grabe and Robert B. Kaplan, 1996
Teaching Method: lecture PowerPoint presentation discussion pair work
Reference: Text: Williams, Jessica. Teaching Writing in Second and Foreign Language Classrooms. McGraw Hill International Edition, 2005. Materials will also include articles from journals provided by the instructor. Other Recommended Texts:
1. Teaching ESL Writing (by Joy M. Reid, 1993)
2. Second Language Writing: Research Insights for the Classroom (edited by Barbara Kroll, 1994)
3. Analyzing Academic Writing: Contextualized Frameworks (edited by Louise J. Ravelli and Robert A. Ellis, 2005)
4. Theory and Practice of Writing: An Applied Linguistic Perspective (by William Grabe and Robert B. Kaplan, 1996
Course Schedule (subject to change):
Schedule of Topics and Assignments Dates Reading
Week 1
1. Introduction
2. Course syllabus
Week 2
1. Second language acquisition and second language writing: An introduction
2. Contexts and purposes for second language writing
Week 3
1. Factors and processes in second language writing
2. Processes involved in learning and teaching L2 writing
Week 4
1. Tasks and activities for second language writing
2. Designing tasks and activities for writing
Week 5 Genre-based writing course design
Week 6
1. Technology in second language writing
2. Networked-based learning
Week 7
1. Using synchronous online peer response groups in EFL writing: Revision-related discourse
2. Blogging as L2 writing: A case study
Week 8
1. Factors affecting the way students collaborate in a wiki for English language learning
2. Learners’ attitudes to wiki technology in problem based, blended learning for voc
Evaluation:
participation 20%
discussion 20%
writing course design 30%
final paper 30%
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