Too see the multimedia project the class developed, visit: http://idd.elon.edu/projects/hwy64

If you are interested in teaching abroad, this course is a great first step. To learn more, contact Dr. Moore Kapper (jkapper@elon.edu).

The colloquium, “Exploring Intersections between Writing and Special Education,” examined how scholars from composition studies, TESOL, and special education might work together to support second language writers with special needs. The speakers concluded by offering strategies for facilitating successful collaborations across contexts.

At the convention, Moore Kapper also completed her duties as Chair of the Second Language Writing Interest Section, a 500-member sub-group of TESOL that Moore Kapper helped form two years ago. As Past Chair, she will continue to serve on the Interest Section’s steering committee.

Laura Clapp, an 黑料不打烊 alum, and Cindy Lefferts, a current 黑料不打烊 student, collaborated with Moore Kapper on the chapter, which traces students’ service-learning experiences in the course. The chapter also includes additional reflections from 黑料不打烊 students and alumni, Missy Schwandt, Melissa Taylor and Nikki Wasikowski. The chapter concludes with recommendations for faculty teaching applied linguistics courses with service-learning components, as well as tips for students enrolled in service-learning courses.

“TESOL in Context: Student Perspectives on Service-Learning,” appears in Learning the Language of Global Citizenship: Service-Learning in Applied Linguistics, edited by Adrian J. Wurr and Josef Hellebrandt. The collection is available from Anker Publishing.

So… What’s rhetoric?

Find out in ENG 304: Understanding Rhetoric, offered Tues/Thurs 10:30-12:10.

So… What’s rhetoric?

Find out in ENG 304: Understanding Rhetoric, offered Tues/Thurs 10:30-12:10.

-ENG 212: Writing, Rhetoric, and Interface Design

-ENG 271: Writing Technologies

-ENG 304: Understanding Rhetoric

-ENG 319: Writing Center Workshop

-ENG 411: Special Topics in PWR

-ENG 497: Professional Writing Seminar

-ENG 212: Writing, Rhetoric, and Interface Design

-ENG 271: Writing Technologies

-ENG 304: Understanding Rhetoric

-ENG 319: Writing Center Workshop

-ENG 411: Special Topics in PWR

-ENG 497: Professional Writing Seminar

Kapper’s chapter examines the geographic distribution of scholarship in the field of second language writing, noting that post-secondary institutional classifications are better predictors of the locations of second language writing research in the United States than are the geographical distributions of second language writers (international students and scholars, K-12 English language learners, etc.). Kapper suggests that the influences of Carnegie classifications and institutional expectations for faculty result in underrepresentation of many contexts for second language writing. Kapper concludes by calling on scholars to expand the scope of second language writing research by developing collaborative partnerships across educational settings.

Jessie Kapper is an assistant professor of professional writing and rhetoric in the Department of English.

Kapper worked with other TESOL, Inc., members to found the interest section, which was officially recognized by the organization in June 2005. Previously teachers, scholars and researchers in the field of second language writing did not have an international organization that actively involved members from all educational levels and contexts.

Within its first year, the interest section has recruited 332 members who teach and research second language writing in elementary, secondary, post-secondary and community settings around the globe.