Although the semester is over, I wanted to post my summary and a brief thought about this article and what it was lacking. There is a significant focus on issues with nonnative English speakers and teaching writing and communication and where the emphasis should be placed on improving or correcting their errors. However, I feel Read More…
Author: tracey
“Why Aren’t More Students Seeking Mental Health Support?”
I found this website called Inside Higher Ed which seems to contain endless amounts of blogs and articles related to teaching and working in higher education. I was searching for strategies to understand and help address all the mental and psychological issues that are becoming more prominent than ever before. There were a lot of Read More…
Thinking about Space
For my second summary, I read Spatial Orientations Cultivating Critical Spatial Perspectives in Technical Communication Pedagogy by Elise Verzosa Hurley. I think what attracted me most to this article is the multiplicity of the definitions of “space.” In my summary, I wrote, Technical communication has the opportunity to create in-depth understanding of marginalized groups and Read More…
Helping Multilingual Students Be Successful
I’m sharing an experience I had last semester related to the chapter “Multilingual Writers and OWI” – Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction edited by Beth L. Hewett and Kevin Eric DePew. This article talks about tailoring online writing instruction to best support multilingual and nonnative English speakers. We have an incredibly diverse population in Read More…