Blog posts:
PME-811 Blog Post 1: Determining my question
PME-811 Blog Post 2: My current approach and next steps
PME-811 Blog Post 3: A break to talk about definitions
PME-811 Blog Post 4: Initial searches
PME-811 Blog Post 5 – Am I having a crisis?
PME-811 Blog Post 6 – Audience conditioning
PME-811 Blog Post 7 – Planning the last module
PME-811 Blog Post 8 – Finding a useful article
PME-811 Blog Post 9 – History of English Studies
Most recent posts:
Richard Stefano – PME-811 – Blog Post 10 – Conclusion
PME-811 Blog Post Hub I found a few interesting articles, including one that explored the benefits of YouTube when teaching French. However, in the course we’ve now moved on to our final two assignments, and I feel I’ll be taking a break from exploring my initial question. I feel a little frustrated that my search…
Richard Stefano – PME-811 – Blog Post 9: History of English Studies
PME-811 Blog Post Hub I found an article on JSTOR related to the general history of English studies (Yood, 2003). The article framed the beginning of English studies as a response to rhetoric and classics. After the Civil War, a new field of English split from existing studies, and allowed students to engage in literary…
Richard Stefano – PME-811 – Blog Post 8 – Finding a useful article
PME-811 Blog Post Hub To start my historical review of ESL education, I chose an article called “History of Teaching English as a Second Language” (1996). Right away, I was a little put off by the opening sentence that stated: “The teaching of English as a Second Language can be described as a truly American…
Richard Stefano - PME Course progress 