Nigel A. Caplan, PhD

Professor and Assistant Director
English Language Institute
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

Teaching focus: MA TESL, language acquisition, functional linguistics, teacher training, grammar, graduate writing and communication support, genre-based writing pedagogy, language through drama

Research interests: second-language writing, genre-based writing pedagogy, collaborative writing, Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Teaching/Learning Cycle, disciplinary literacy, teacher certification, alternative assessment (“ungrading)