Saturday, October 11 2:00–5:00

Suncheon National University 70th Anniversary Building, 2nd Floor, Secondary Seminar Room (2-5)
 
Schedule

2:00 pm Registration and Welcome

2:30 pm Focus and Coherence in ELL Writing
Adriane Moser, Chonnam National University,
Department of English Language and Literature

3:20 pm Snack Break

3:40 pm Reading and Writing Strategies
Sara Davila, Kyungbook National University Middle School

4:30 pm Book Drawing

5:00 pm Dinner

Admission: This outreach event is free for all attendees.
 

Focus and Coherence in ELL Writing
Adriane Moser, Chonnam National University, Department of English Language and Literature

Focus and coherence can be considered together as one trait in a trait-based writing instruction and assessment method. Here I will share a definition of focus and coherence, discuss why it is important, show how it can be realized in an English rhetorical framework, identify some of the characteristics of developing focus and coherence in the writing of English language learners, and ultimately share some ideas for incorporating focus and coherence instruction into the English language class. This presentation is based on experiences in the university un-dergraduate classroom, but is based on concepts that can be used as early as the third grade of elementary school.

Adriane Moser was born in the beautiful Hudson River Valley. She has been teaching English for more than 12 years. She holds a public school teaching license in English as a Second Language and is National Board Certified in English as a New Lan-guage/Early and Middle Childhood. She is the president of the Gwangju-Jeonnam chapter of KOTESOL and is presently completing an MA in English Language at Chonnam National University. She works part-time teaching English Conversation and Composition, TOEFL Writing, and Teacher Training in the English Language and Literature department of Chonnam National University and Chonnam National University Language Center.

Reading and Writing Strategies
Sara Davila, Kyungbook National University Middle School

Sara Davila has an undergraduate in humanities from Shimer College and M.Ed. in Curriculum Design, Instruction and Assess-ment through Walden University. Sara spent two years in volunteer service with the Americorps, working to develop arts programing in Chicago. In Korea, Sara modified Scholastic Reading books for EFL, wrote programs for the Gyeonggi English Village and Paju English Village, and is currently teaching and designing program for Kyungbook National University Middle School.