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The Hopeful Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons, Shailesh Patel

2016 Honors Council of the Illinois Region Papers

Nuclear weapons is not a topic that is often talked about, or even crosses the mind of the "common Joe" on a regular basis, however, it should be a pressing concern for everyone living in the world. Created in a century that saw two world wars, multiple genocides, and downright human indecency, nuclear weapons represent all the negatives of the 20th century. This presentation covers the costs and risks of keeping them, and suggests how society would benefit from the funds being spent elsewhere. The information for this project was derived from credible sources such as The Brookings Institute, CNN …

Indonesian Efl Teachers' Perceptions And Experiences Of Professional Development, Rudi Hartono

Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference

The purpose of this session is to present a summary of the researcher's qualitative research on professional development of Indonesian EFL lecturers. The presenter will share his findings from interviewing six Indonesian EFL lecturers on how they perceived and experienced professional development as part of their professional growth.

Heritage Language Maintenance In An Iranian Community In Canada, Naghmeh Baebee

Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference

This critical case study examined Iranian immigrant students', parents', and teachers' perspectives on language maintenance and successes and challenges of the community in maintaining Farsi in Canada. Data were collected through interviews, field-observations, field notes, and participants' journal writing. Recommendations for community members and teachers are offered at the end,

The Logos Of "Maximus": History And Storytelling In Herodotus And Charles Olson, Matthew L. Kroll

Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference

Charles Olson's theory of history, "istorin", harkens back to Herodotus. As Olson explains it, this term means "to find out for yourself". Olson's understanding of the concept is significantly informed by classicist J.A. K. Thompson. This paper examines Olson's concept of "istorin" and storytelling techniques as employed in "The Maximus Poems".

Investigating The Communicativeness Of Teacher-Learner Interaction By Focusing On Teacher Talk In A Turkish University English Preparatory Classroom Context In North Cyprus, Pervin Coşan

Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference

This study aimed to provide an empirical background about the interaction pattern and teacher talk in the English classrooms of universities in North Cyprus. The results suggest that, the Turkish university classroom context in North Cyprus is still teacher-centered with little "genuine" interaction between the learners and the teachers.

Affordances And Second Language Writing: Experiences Of Three Chinese Undergraduate Multilingual International Students, Zhenjie Weng

Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference

This study focuses on the diversity of multilingual international students' writing experiences in classrooms, how the notion of "affordance" complicates the students' understanding and experiences in second language writing (SLW) and how the investigation of the concept contributes to the field of SLW.

March 3, 2016: Cuny's David Gerstner Lectures On Baldwin And Cinematic Imagination, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

The Department of English Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series Featuring David Gerstner

Hannah More's Moral Imagination: Fiction That Reformed A Nation, Emma Beecken

Library Research Prize Student Works

She has been described as the most influential woman of her era and Britain's greatest propagandist. Her works were far more popular than Jane Austen's and were personally requested by royalty. She ran in the highest circles, dear friends with both literary giant Samuel Johnson and abolitionist William Wilberforce. In her day, Hannah More was a household name, widely recognized fro the massive influence she had on society. Today, it is rare to meet someone who has heard of her.

When Hannah More began writing in the late eighteenth century, her works became extremely popular very quickly. By the time …

For The Progress Of “Faustus And Helen”: Crane, Whitman, And The Metropolitan Progress Poem, Jeremy Colangelo

Department of English Publications

This essay is meant to invigorate a critical discussion of the progress poem—a genre that, while prevalent in American literature, has been virtually ignored by critics and scholars. In lieu of tackling the genre in its entirety, a project too large for just one article, the author focuses the argument through the well-known alignment between Walt Whitman and Hart Crane on the subject of the modern city. It is through the progress poem genre that Crane and Whitman’s peculiar place in metropolitan poetics can best be understood, and it is through their poetry that scholars can begin to approach the …

“The Languages Of Other People”: The Experiences Of Tutors, Administrators, And Students In A South African Multilingual Writing Center, Nicole Bailey

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This ethnography, conducted at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, conveys the experiences of tutors, students, and administrators in a multilingual writing lab. As the number of both multilingual and international students in American universities increases, more writing centers in the United States have begun to explore the idea of multilingual tutoring. This study offers implications for establishing American multilingual writing centers based on data that emerged from observations and interviews conducted at Stellenbosch. Several themes emerged from the data that have important implications for American centers. First, there must be a clear understanding of what defines a multilingual writing center. …

Imitation, Kathryn M. Rogers

The Goose

Poetry by Kate Rogers

Agonie | The Agony, Jerry Auld, Gilles Mossiere

The Goose

Un accident d’alpinisme s’est produit en 1920 près du mont Assiniboine dans les Rocheuses canadiennes. Le professeur Winthrop E. Stone fit une chute mortelle après s’être décordé sous le sommet du mont Eon ; sa femme Margaret, n’ayant pu compléter la descente, dut attendre les secours pendant sept jours, sans eau, nourriture ni vêtements chauds. Cette tragédie la marqua à vie, et elle n’en reparla jamais. Jon Whyte, écrivain de Banff, s’est inspiré de ces événements dans The Agony of Mrs. Stone, poème publié en 1977, qui sert de toile de fond à cette nouvelle. / A climbing accident took …

Fire Sale, Emily Mcgiffin

The Goose

a poem.

Glove, David Zieroth

The Goose

a poem

Bee Work | Departure, Anne Simpson

The Goose

How do we get closer to the nature of the bee’s, or any non-human's, experience, mystery that it is? This essay is a lyrical meditation on the power (and challenges) of poetry and language to access non-human worlds.

The Discreet Charm Of The Megafauna, Tanis Macdonald

The Goose

Poetry by Tanis MacDonald

2 Poems, Ken Belford

The Goose

2 poems.

Martha, Gillian Harding-Russell

The Goose

a poem.

"I Bought The Book And I Didn't Need It": What Reading Looks Like At An Urban Community College, Rachel Ihara, Annie Del Principe

Publications and Research

Based on a qualitative study of students’ experiences, we offer a new typology of student reading behaviors across the disciplines at a community college.

Rewriting The Goose, Camilla Nelson

The Goose

Poetry Editorial by Camilla Nelson

Gooseworld, Marella Hoffman

The Goose

Poetry by Marella Hoffman

Two Poems, Brook Wr Pearson Phd

The Goose

Poetry by Brook Pearson

In The Loves Of Barnacles, Carol Watts

The Goose

Poetry by Carol Watts

Counteredpoint, Gary Barwin

The Goose

Poetry by Gary Barwin

Two Poems, Andrew Taylor Dr

The Goose

Poetry by Andrew Taylor

Bell In The Rain, Annabel Banks

The Goose

Poetry by Annabel Banks

Gory, Ariel Gordon

The Goose

Poetry by Ariel Gordon

Three Poems, Pearl Pirie

The Goose

Poetry by Pearl Pirie

Neanderthal Dig, Don Mckay

The Goose

"Neanderthal Dig" is from McKay's chapbook Larix.

Branches Over Ripples: A Waterside Journal, Brian Bartlett

The Goose

Branches Over Ripples: A Waterside Journal is a fifty-entry plein-air writing project drafted between April 2013 and October 2014 by various bodies of water—rivers, brooks, lakes, bays, marshes, waterfalls, a vernal pond, a Japanese koi pond. Most of the writing was done in Nova Scotia locations, but some entries were drafted in New Brunswick, Montreal, Missouri, Manhattan, and London, England. I often walked from an hour to four or five hours, then sat down on bare earth, grass, sand, stone, or wood, and wrote, keeping attuned to my surroundings but also letting my mind and memory wander.