Choosing the Right Focus in the Writing Classroom

Because writing, grammar, and vocabulary are interconnected, it can be easy to lose focus during the writing process. This is particularly true when we’re correcting student compositions. As soon as you accept a student’s paper, do you read the composition once through and comment on content first? Or do you concentrate on language skills? Does…

Creative Writing: The Benefits

I had the pleasure of teaching elective courses at a private language school in the U.S. It was a refreshing approach to teaching ESL. One course that soon became my favorite was Creative Writing. The title never attracted the numbers that courses on slang and pop culture did, but students who ventured into my Creative…