Episode 9: learning, unlearning, and relearning writing

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Viviana Marcel, an English language specialist, who has been teaching EAP at different levels during her career. A conversation with Viviana is always a pleasure for me because she brings such passion and enthusiasm to her teaching and it always gets me further inspired. In this conversation, we discussed the difficulties students often have with learning the medium of writing as they do not often come from a background of learning English for communicative purposes. Through her experiences, action research, and reflection, Viviana has put together a process to help learners first learn that writing is to communicate, then unlearn what they have previously tried without success, and then relearn a writing process that will benefit them. Join me for a journey through Viviana's process, her experiences, and her own learning about teaching writing.