Learn to Think and Write

Dr. Una Sarno is an international educator with expertise in teaching elementary, secondary and college students. She received her Ph.D. at University College, Dublin - alma mater of James Joyce - and was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation of Distinction Award for the year 2010 from the Association of Teacher Educators in the United States.

The EPILLAW Paradigm is a practical method for developing writing skills. It consists of an original nine-level taxonomy and sequential methodology of listening, speaking, writing and reading. In this method, the development of writing precedes the development of reading. The work consists of two books. In the introductory book, the author explicates the first six levels. The behaviors involved in EPILLAW train the student how to think consecutively and logically. The first three levels establish the concrete assimilation of knowledge; the middle three elevate the students' cognitive ability from the concrete to the abstract cognition of knowledge. Through charting, the students learn the EPILLAW essencing modality that enables them to think abstractly. Lastly, having achieved the skill of abstraction, the student can personalize ideas and, from there, develop writing proficiency. In the advanced book, the author explores the final three levels of the writing process.

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGlossaryLevel I TranscriptionLevel II DictationLevel III Alphabetic ParaphraseLevel IV SummaryLevel V PrécisLevel VI ChartingSample TestsConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author