Research Article

Columns: Teaching Multilingual Learners: “It Is Only the Language Problem”: Increasing Multilingual Learners’ Motivation to Write through Collaborative Writing

Published: 2024-1-1

Journal: English Journal

DOI: 10.58680/ej20241133100

Abstract

Two teachers reflect on leveraging learners’ agency, authentic writing tasks, and responsive teaching to better promote their multilingual students’ writing motivation in collaborative writing activities.

Faculty Members

  • Melody Zoch - Salisbury University, Salisbury, Marylandfsears1@gulls.salisbury.eduUniversity of Maryland, College Park, Marylandhzeng123@umd.edu
  • Faith Thompson - Salisbury University, Salisbury, Marylandfsears1@gulls.salisbury.edu
  • Hongye Zeng - University of Maryland, College Park, Marylandhzeng123@umd.edu

Themes

  • Collaborative learning
  • Learners' agency
  • Writing motivation
  • Responsive teaching
  • Authentic writing tasks
  • Multilingual education

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