Bonnie Swierzbin

MinneTESOL Journal, (2022), Vol. 38(Issue 2), Peer-Reviewed Article Bonnie Swierzbin Demonstratives (this, that, these, those) are pointing words: In conversation they typically point to people and things but in written expository text, they often point…

MinneTESOL Journal, (2016), Vol. 32(Issue 1) Experienced presenters demystify the MELEd conference proposal and presentation process. Have you presented at conferences so many times that you’ve lost track? Or does presenting seem, maybe, a little daunting? If you answered yes to the first question, this article is not…

MinneTESOL Journal, (2014), Vol. 30(Issue 1) Understanding the complexity of noun phrases in reading text – at any level – is vitally important for teaching academic language. But why? And how? As teachers, we typically have experience-based intuitions about whether the reading difficulty of a text is appropriate for our students….

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Bonnie Swierzbin is an unabashed grammar geek captivated by the myriad ways to create meaning in English. As an ESL teacher and language teacher educator, she helps her students view grammar as a resource for making meaning instead of dry rules to be memorized. Dr. Swierzbin is the co-author (with Elaine Tarone) of Exploring Learner Language (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Author: Bonnie Swierzbin

What’s this all about? Helping students comprehend demonstratives in expository text

Present at MELEd ? Yes, I CAN!

What’s in a Noun Phrase? Judging the Difficulty of a Reading Text by Understanding the Complexity of Noun Phrases

Bonnie Swierzbin