It never completely dawned on me that there might not only be a language barrier when consulting with an ESL student, but that they may have an entirely culturally different method of conveying their ideas. I guess this makes me extrememly ignorant when it comes to dealing with writing from non-...

twitter, twitter, twitter, facebook, texting, smart phones... blah blah blahhh. i don't think there is a day that goes by that i do not hear the words "twitter" or see someone texting on their phone... to update their twitter or facebook or whatever. in today's society, anything that you could...

We watched a video in class today about some of the special issues that students in America face when English is not their first language. Many American college courses focus a lot on writing and the grades are determined in a large part by papers and other forms of writing.

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Today in class we watched the movie Writing Across Borders; it looked at the challenges ESL students face when writing an essay in an American classroom and the things teachers can do to facilitate them. I found it extremely interesting. I had never before really thought about how...