Helping Students Develop an Academic Voice in Writing with Jeanne Lambert | The New School

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Helping Students Develop an Academic Voice in Writing: Corpus-informed, Skill-based, Anti-plagiarism Approaches is sponsored by the English Language Studies (http://www.newschool.edu/english) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu) and Cambridge University Press. Academic writing courses are high-stakes and rank among the most challenging for ESL teachers and students. Given that, what core components should be included in a writing curriculum? What should teachers focus on in order to help students achieve their academic goals as quickly as possible? This session with Jeanne Lambert will cover challenges facing writing teachers and students and will recommend corpus-informed, skill-based, anti-plagiarism approaches for helping students prepare for college writing. Jeanne Lambert has worked as an ESL teacher, program manager, faculty developer and materials writer for over 20 years. She specializes in academic writing and teaches both undergraduate and graduate ESL students at The New School. Previously, she taught in Columbia University's American Language Program and in college transition programs at the City University of New York (CUNY). At CUNY, she co-designed a faculty development program to help high school ESL teachers align their reading and writing curriculum with college standards. She is the series editor and author of Final Draft, published by Cambridge University Press. Location: Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang College Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm