A Journey to the Edge: Autobiographical Writing In The ESL Classroom

Authors

Deborah Lafferty, The School for International Training

Publication Date

2001

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

First Advisor

Bonnie Mennell

Abstract

I teach ESL at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. One class project was the creating and publishing of a collection of the students’ autobiographical writings. This paper documents the process that my students and I engaged in. We used the process approach to writing and peer response. This paper discusses the theory behind this approach and its practical application in the classroom, the questions, concerns and dilemmas that I encountered and my responses to them. I also include the changes I would implement in a future project of this kind. The final product, The Golden Gate of Hope, is included in the appendix.

Disciplines

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching | Curriculum and Instruction | First and Second Language Acquisition

Recommended Citation

Lafferty, Deborah, "A Journey to the Edge: Autobiographical Writing In The ESL Classroom" (2001). MA TESOL Collection. 453.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/453