An International Focus of the Language Arts and Literacy

Posted on December 9, 2023 by TDWolsey

by Thomas DeVere Wolsey

Our chapter in the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, 5th Ed. is chap ONE! Thanks to co-authors Ibrahim M. Karkouti, Pelusa Orellana, Cristina Alfaro, John Perry and editors Douglas Fisher and Diane Lapp.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003334392-2/international-focus-language-arts-literacy-thomas-devere-wolsey-pelusa-orellana-garcia-john-perry-ibrahim-karkouti-cristina-alfaro (Check it out!)

Abstract: This first chapter in the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, 5th Edition takes an international perspective on the teaching of English, as English has become the dominant language in the world. The chapter’s five authors, Wolsey, Orellana, Perry, Karkouti, and Alfaro, forecast trends and challenges in teaching English in their native countries of Egypt, Chile, the UK, the Middle East, and Mexico/United States respectively. Readers will discover that, in a transnational context, perspectives and challenges of teaching English are not all that different. The chapter begins with an explanation of the methodology used to select the topics in this chapter, as well as how the authors were chosen.

Filed under: assessment, international, Literacy Beat, Wolsey | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Register Now for Beyond the App

Posted on October 20, 2020 by TDWolsey

by Thomas DeVere Wolsey & Nance Wilson

Registration for Beyond the App is open now!

Beyond the App is an interactive online conference for middle grades teachers, teacher educators, parents, and educational leaders. For just $10 you get to work with experts in the field to improve your online teaching of literacy.

You can read more about it in this press release: http://www2.cortland.edu/news/detail.dot?id=a01e318d-2666-4ecd-818c-3f7a144744dc

Visit our website and register (Your registration helps us fund the conference in the future): https://bit.ly/beyondtheapp

If you are registering from Africa, please send a note for special instructions to BeyondTheApp@Cortland.edu

In addition, participants can choose to donate to our EgyptReads! Initiative to put books in school libraries.

Some of our speakers:

Jack C Berckemeyer
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Maha Bali
Vicky Mac Arthur Cardullo
Zoi Philippakos
Troy Hicks
Emily Smothers Howell
Ian O’Byrne
Danny Brassell
Keisha Rembert
Jill Castek
Timothy Rasinski
Julie Coiro
Richard Beach
AND MORE!

Filed under: assessment, Castek, digital reading, digital tools, Influencers, Literacy Beat, literacy events, new literacies, reading comprehension, Reading conference, Wolsey | Leave a comment »

Happy Holidays 2017

Posted on December 15, 2017 by TDWolsey

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from Literacy Beat

Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/2015_Winter_scene_on_the_Swabian_Alb.jpg

 

Filed under: Literacy Beat | Tagged: | Leave a comment »