English Language Transition Program at UWRF

What makes writing interesting and fun? Often incorporating popular culture, or known characters into our teaching can help motivate students as well as teachers. In order to think more about this topic, please 1) read the article titled, " Increasing English Language Writing Fluency with Fanfiction ," in TESOL Connections and then respond to the questions below. What is the "gist" or the main take-away from this article? What are your general thoughts about using Fanfiction when teaching? Is this a technique you could or would incorporate into your teaching? Why or why not? List 3-5 novels, movies, TV shows, or short stories that would be interesting to your students (or you!). Post your responses (answers to the questions) by Tuesday, October 2nd at 22:00. Read and respond to at least two students’ posts by Thursday, October 4th at 22:00. You can "post" below in the "enter a comment" area. Please write yo...

 In order to practice your listening skills, please watch a BBC News report . Think about what you learned and what new phrases you heard. 1) Post a comment below by 22.00 on Monday, September 24th where you write 5-8 sentences about the new information and phrases you learned. 2) Read your classmates comments and post a response to at least two peoples' posts by 22.00 on Wednesday, September 26th.