The Middlebury Blog Network » ESL http://sites.middlebury.edu/middblogs Selected Posts from the Midd Blogosphere Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Session 6: Peer Writing Tutor and Writing and Academic Mentor Training http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/2012/10/16/session-6-peer-writing-tutor-and-writing-and-academic-mentor-training/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/2012/10/16/session-6-peer-writing-tutor-and-writing-and-academic-mentor-training/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:24:02 +0000 Mary Ellen Bertolini http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/?p=2103 Continue reading →]]> When: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:30 PM-6:30 PM. (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Where: CTLR*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

What are we doing?
  • “Working with Multilingual (ESL) Students” ~ Dr. Shawna Shapiro
  • People Who Can Help
  • Complete Future Plans Form
Who needs to come?
  • All new PWTs
  • Trained PWTs who did not come to Session 4, must come this Thursday,  or to Session 6 next week.
  • Trained FYSMs who did not come to Session 4, must come this Thursday, or to Session 6 next week.
Make-up sessions are only for those who have received prior approval. Bring your folder to every session.
E-mail Melanie Haas  for prior approval.
]]> http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/2012/10/16/session-6-peer-writing-tutor-and-writing-and-academic-mentor-training/feed/ 0 Shawna Shapiro–Tutors as Educators–Not Editors http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/2009/10/23/shawna-shapiro-tutors-as-educators-not-editors/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/2009/10/23/shawna-shapiro-tutors-as-educators-not-editors/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:24:53 +0000 Mary Ellen Bertolini http://sites.middlebury.edu/peer_writing_tutors/?p=1441 Continue reading →]]> We had a great session with Shawna Shapiro last Thursday.  Thanks to the peer writing tutors and the foreign language tutors who attended and helped make it a success!  For those of you who could not make the session, I’m uploading Shawna’s handout from the session: PWT_Workshop_Oct22

Ms. Shapiro will be speaking this week at the Robert A. Jones ’59 House. Trained PWTs can use this talk as one makeup session.

Applied Linguistics 101:

Language Matters in the Worlds of Education, Geopolitics, and Social Justice
by Shawna Shapiro
Writing Program

4:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Robert A. Jones ’59 House conference room
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(Thursday, October 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m., CTLR Library 225)

  • Tell us the writing expectations and guidelines of your major.
  • Getting comfortable giving oral presentations.

Writing in the Disciplines Handout: 09FallWID

Useful Oral Presentation Handouts

Added on October 15: Yonna McShane has a great Oral Presentation Rubric that she uses with her class and in her ACE training. I’m uploading it for you here to work with your students: Oral Presentation Yonna’s Rubric

The next makeup session will take place after the break.

No Drop in tutoring on Sunday, October 11 or on Monday, October 12.

Drop in Tutoring will resume on Tuesday, October 13th 7:30-midnight in CTLR.

Upcoming special sessions:

  1. Working with Multilingual students: Thursday, October 22 4:30-5:30, CTLR
  2. RefWorks Workshops: Monday, October 19 at 7:00 PM, Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 PM
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