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Cultivating understandings by improving academic writing skills among English language learners (i.e., pre-service English language educators)

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edit   Announcements Welcome to our class page! This is an open course (OCW) for any English language learner interested in improving academic writing skills. Why not introduce yourself by signing the guest book below! Learn how to work in WikiEducator!! - EL4C51 - WikiEducator Learning4Content Workshop: "Becoming an Agent of Change through Openness" from September 21 - October 5, 2011 If your name does not appear already, please add it to the list below. Visit the WE workshop if you need assistance. Here is the rubric will be use for the class. To all students, check your email in the list below (Group Activity pod) and make sure it is correct. --Benjamin Stewart 12:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Course Description: Cultivating understandings by improving academic writing skills among English language learners (i.e., pre-service English language educators) Program: Credit-seeking students pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English language teaching at the UAA Date: August - December, 2011 Technologies Used: A variety of technologies will be used for this course. Some technologies may include the following: blogs, NetVibe, live, online sessions, Moodle forums, among others. Facilitators: --Bnleez 13:51, 12 August 2011 (UTC) Prerequisites: An understanding of Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis

edit   Collaborative Understandings (Blog) Failed to load RSS feed from http://bnleez.com/?feed=rss2|date|short|max=10: Error fetching URL: Could not resolve host: bnleez.com edit   Webinars Distancelanguagelearning/English Web/writing/Academic Writing/class/Webinars edit   Videos Distancelanguagelearning/English Web/writing/Academic Writing/class/Videos edit   Guest book If you're an educator and have a question about this course, include your questions, comments, and/or suggestions here by clicking on the "edit" button to the write of the pod. Include your signature at the end of your question just as I have done here.--Benjamin Stewart 14:11, 18 July 2010 (UTC) Introduce yourself here, adding your signature at the end of your comment. --Benjamin Stewart 17:13, 4 August 2010 (UTC) I´m Miriam Reyna from 7th semester of the B.A. in ELT. I´m 27 years old, I´m from Aguascalientes, Mexico and nowadays I´m working in an elementary school with 1st, 2nd and 3dr graders. --[ [User:Miriam Reyna] ]

edit   Group Activity No. First Name Surname Gender Organisation Major/Position Country email Contributions Edit Count (Approximate) Tutor: Benjamin/Itzel 1 Benjamin Stewart Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 7,188 Facilitator 2 Adriana add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 118 Facilitator 3 Tere add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 152 Facilitator 4 Eli add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 130 Facilitator 5 Mariana add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 116 Facilitator 6 Ceci add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 70 Facilitator 7 Daniel add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 91 Facilitator 8 Lorena add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 181 Facilitator 9 Jessi add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 146 Facilitator 10 Emmanuel add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 4 Facilitator 11 David add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 166 Facilitator 12 Sofia add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 28 Facilitator 13 Ursula add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 71 Facilitator 14 Miriam add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 130 Facilitator 15 Susan add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 30 Facilitator 16 Monica add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 91 Facilitator 17 Alby add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 67 Facilitator 18 Sandra add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 30 Facilitator 19 Yuriko add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 46 Facilitator 19 Jorge add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 28 Facilitator 20 Alejandra add your last name Female UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 214 Facilitator 21 Haziel add your last name Male UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 185 Facilitator 22 Lizeth add your last name Female UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 158 Facilitator 23 Miriam add your last name Female UAA EFL teacher educator Mexico email My contributions 64 Facilitator edit   Live Feeds Live feeds and links related to academic writing are to be included here! Helpful Links Guide to grammar and writing Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Writing An introduction to academic writing TOEFL-Prep Writing Practice Site Live Feeds To add a feed, use the following wiki markup: <rss>http://bnleez.blogspot.com/atom.xml |short|max=10 Copy and paste the code and replace the URL.</rss> edit   Discussion APA notes Here is a list of common issues English language learners have with regard to APA Use Times New Roman, font size 12 Double space text All paragraphs (except the abstract) should have 0.5 inch indention Left-justify text Only headings are in bold Keep most of your writing in the active voice Link to notes Benjamin's group (fall of 2011) Benjamin's group (fall of 2010) Ale's notes | Mayra's notes | Vero's Notes | Alma's Notes | Mark's Notes | Dulce's notes | Fabian's Notes | Alby´s Notes | Angel´s Notes | Nancy´s notes | Yezica's notes

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