Expertise

Her research focuses on multilingual writing pedagogy and second language teacher cognition and learning.

Research Areas

  • Linguistics and TESOL
  • Composition and Rhetoric

Expertise:

  • Linguistics/TESOL
    • Discourse Analysis
    • Second Language Learning and Teaching

Dorothy Worden examines second language classroom discourse from a sociocultural theoretical perspective to investigate how interactional patterns mediate student learning.

Dorothy Worden specializes in language teacher cognition and multilingual writing pedagogy with a focus on curriculum design and genre-informed approaches.

Communities
English
Degrees
PhD, Pennsylvania State University, Applied Linguistics, 2015
MA, Washington State University, Rhetoric and Composition, 2008