Teaching Reading and Writing in STEM Classes

Posted on April 10, 2018 by JimS

lynnz_col2

English teacher challenges students to plug in to the world by Magdalena Osumi in Japan Times, 28 Jan. 2018:
To help her students step outside of the box of rote language learning, Mio Horio, an English teacher from Japan, is encouraging her students to take a more global approach to learning English. Among other strategies, her students have the opportunity to engage in discussion with other English language students and native English speakers around the world.

Reading and Writing in STEM by Emily A. Thrush, Teresa Dalle, and Angela Thevenot in TESOL Connections, March 2018:
The integration of literacy skills across the curriculum has been a focus in American education in recent years. The authors focus on specific strategies and activities for teaching reading and writing in STEM classes.   Continue reading →

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment »

TCC 2018 (April 17-19) : Final Call for Participation

Posted on April 10, 2018 by JimS

Join us next week!

TCC 2018 Worldwide Online Conference

Changing to Learn, Learning to Change
April 17-19, 2018

https://2018.tcconlineconference.org/

Keynote and special regional presentations:

Dr. Margaret Nosek, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
Dr. Weiquan Lu, National University, Singapore
Dr. Jason Lee, Daegu National University of Education, Korea
Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University, USA
Dr. Susan Manning, Credly, USA

TCC is a three-day, entirely online conference for post-secondary faculty and staff worldwide that features over 100 concurrent sessions covering a wide-range of topics related to educational technology, distance learning and emerging technologies for teaching and learning.   Continue reading →

Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment »