...I am tutoring a woman from Brazil in ESL and using “Basic American Grammar and Usage, An ESL/EFL Handbook” (by Marcel Danesi, PhD) as the basis for my curriculum. I also have her reading newspapers and doing some online ESL worksheets and drills that focus on grammar and sentence structure. I e... (read more)
...My favorite period is 1870 to 1945 (the Modern Period), when people wrestled with new technologies, scientific possibilities, and the depths of the human mind as reflected in psychology, philosophy and the arts. I treat writing as a process, based on brainstorming and free-writing, organizing an... (read more)