Thanks to everyone who joined us for the spring Quarterly Instruction Roundtable. And thanks to Jenny Halpin from the UW Writing & Research Center for sharing her experiences. For me, the main takeaway was that we serve international students well when we follow best practices for inclusive pedagogy that will benefit all students, from providing materials in multiple modes/formats, to using open-ended questioning that allows the student to drive the interaction. We also have a responsibility to consider the cultural specificity of academic practices, supporting students in learning American conventions while also honoring their own rhetorical traditions.
Following are a few notes and resources...please feel free to add your own insights, websites, programs in the comments section!
- Writing across borders
An excellent 30-minute film which explores the particular challenges that international students face in meeting academic writing expectations in American higher education. They also have a companion website that offers additional resources, including discussion questions for facilitating training with tutors and faculty. - Journal of second language writing
"...devoted to publishing theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second and foreign language writing and writing instruction...personal characteristics and attitudes of L2 writers, L2 writers' composing processes, features of L2 writers' texts, readers' responses to L2 writing, assessment/evaluation of L2 writing, contexts (cultural, social, political, institutional) for L2 writing..." - TESOL journal
"...a forum for second and foreign language educators at all levels to engage in the ways that research and theorizing can inform, shape, and ground teaching practices and perspectives..." - College English
"...publishes articles about literature, rhetoric-composition, critical theory, creative writing theory and pedagogy, linguistics, literacy, reading theory, pedagogy, and professional issues related to the teaching of English..." - Teaching international students: improving learning for all
Book featuring discussion of writing, intercultural group learning, practical classroom strategies, and more. - Teaching a diverse student body: international students
Chapter in an online teaching manual from University of Virginia.
