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.