Hello
everyone, and welcome to my blog. I'm mainly interested in issues related to
second language writing. I am looking forward in sharing with you guys pedagogical
issues related to multilingual writers.
My name
is Anna-Liisa Ihuhwa. I am currently in my final year of my MA in Applied
Linguistics, my emphases is on TESOL. I am a Fulbright scholar original form
Namibia, South West Africa. I myself am a multilingual writer, and I know how hard and challenging it can be for one to
write in a second or third language. I write in three languages
namely: OShiwambo, Afrikaans and English. In my Seven years of teaching English as a second language to multilingual students I began to
have special interest in issues related to multilingual writers such as,
writing strategies , error correction, developing
writing materials for multilingual writers and ESL teacher development.
As an ESL teacher I
am faced with numerous pedagogical decisions I have to make while teaching
multilingual students. Some of the decisions are based on personal intuition,
personal research or advisor from colleagues. Through the reading and
discussion in this blog, I am hoping to gain in-depth knowledge on the
necessary tools that one can use to successfully teach writing to
multilingual writers. I am also hoping to gain insight information as to what
kinds of professional development are
most effective in improving ESL teacher practice.
