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Writing Showcase, Everett N K Ofori Nov 2010

Writing Showcase, Everett N K Ofori

Everett N K Ofori

No abstract provided.


Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 No 5, Everett N K Ofori Sep 2010

Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 No 5, Everett N K Ofori

Everett N K Ofori

No abstract provided.


Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 Number 4 July 15, Everett N K Ofori Jul 2010

Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 Number 4 July 15, Everett N K Ofori

Everett N K Ofori

No abstract provided.


Should Writers Use They Own English, Vershawn A. Young Jun 2010

Should Writers Use They Own English, Vershawn A. Young

Vershawn A Young

This paper argues against critic Stanley Fish's assertion that students should not use dialect in academic writing.


Nah, We Straight: An Argument Against Code-Switching, Vershawn A. Young Jun 2010

Nah, We Straight: An Argument Against Code-Switching, Vershawn A. Young

Vershawn A Young

Although linguists have traditionally viewed code-switching as the simultaneous use of two language varieties in a single context, scholars and teachers of English have appropriated the term to argue for teaching minority students to monitor their languages and dialects according to context. For advocates of code-switching, teaching students to distinguish between “home language” and “school language” offers a solution to the tug-of-war between standard and nonstandard Englishes. This paper argues that this kind of code-switching may actually facilitate the illiteracy and academic failure that educators seek to eliminate and can promote resistance to Standard English rather than encouraging its use


Writing Showcase Newsletter, Everett N K Ofori May 2010

Writing Showcase Newsletter, Everett N K Ofori

Everett N K Ofori

No abstract provided.


Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 Number 3, Everett N K Ofori May 2010

Writing Showcase 2010 Vol 2 Number 3, Everett N K Ofori

Everett N K Ofori

No abstract provided.


Reflective Writing And Life-Career Planning: Extending The Learning In A Learning Community Model, Nicholas Nownes, Michael J. Stebleton Jan 2010

Reflective Writing And Life-Career Planning: Extending The Learning In A Learning Community Model, Nicholas Nownes, Michael J. Stebleton

Michael J. Stebleton

This essay recounts the authors’ experiences as community college faculty members in a learning community linking first-year composition with a class in life-career planning and development.


In The Absence Of Land All We Have Is Each Other: Climate Change In The Pacific (Power-Point), Cresantia Koya Vaka'uta Jan 2010

In The Absence Of Land All We Have Is Each Other: Climate Change In The Pacific (Power-Point), Cresantia Koya Vaka'uta

Cresantia Frances Koya Vaka'uta

No abstract provided.


Betty Boop Goes Goth, Meg Johnson Jan 2010

Betty Boop Goes Goth, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.


Bad Girls, Meg Johnson Jan 2010

Bad Girls, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.


Pretending To Read Time Magazine, Meg Johnson Jan 2010

Pretending To Read Time Magazine, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.


You Should Know, Meg Johnson Jan 2010

You Should Know, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.