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Conflict And Struggle : The Enemies Of Preconditions Of Basic Writing?, Min-Zhan Lu
Conflict And Struggle : The Enemies Of Preconditions Of Basic Writing?, Min-Zhan Lu
Min-Zhan Lu
No abstract provided.
Professing Multiculturalism : The Politics Of Style In The Contact Zone., Min-Zhan Lu
Professing Multiculturalism : The Politics Of Style In The Contact Zone., Min-Zhan Lu
Min-Zhan Lu
No abstract provided.
An Essay On The Work Of Composition : Composing English Against The Order Of Fast Capitalism., Min-Zhan Lu
An Essay On The Work Of Composition : Composing English Against The Order Of Fast Capitalism., Min-Zhan Lu
Min-Zhan Lu
This is an attempt to define what being a responsible and responsive user of English might mean in a world ordered by global capital, a world where all forms of intra- and international exchanges in all areas of life are increasingly under pressure to involve English. Turning to recent work in linguistics and education, I pose a set of alternative assumptions that might help us develop more responsible and responsive approaches to the relation between English and its users (both those labeled Native-Speaking, White or Middle Class, and those Othered by these labels), the language needs and purposes of individual …
Living English Work., Min-Zhan Lu
Living English Work., Min-Zhan Lu
Min-Zhan Lu
Keeping in mind the Chinese character-combination yuyan, with its multiple meanings of language, parts of language, the processes of language, and the products of those processes, the author depicts English as kept alive by many people and by many different ways of using it in a wide range of personal, social, and historical contexts. She proposes four lines of inquiry “against the grain” of English-only instruction—that living-English users weigh what English can do for them against what it has done to them; that they weigh what English can do against what it cannot do; that they understand English as being …
Delivery, Facilitas, And Copia : Job Market Preparation And The Revival Of The Fifth Canon., Joseph Turner
Delivery, Facilitas, And Copia : Job Market Preparation And The Revival Of The Fifth Canon., Joseph Turner
Joseph Turner
This essay argues that English Studies departments should implement training programs in oral delivery strategies for graduate students seeking tenure track employment. A sample a 13-week training program, modeled on elements of classical rhetorical pedagogy, can help students develop and refine stills in oral delivery necessary for academic job interviews.
Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain
Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain
Rebecca Potter
Authors Margaret Strain and Rebecca Potter discuss with host Larry Jacobs the how and especially the why of getting the MA In English.
Degree Of Change: The Ma In English Studies, Margaret M. Strain, Rebecca C. Potter
Degree Of Change: The Ma In English Studies, Margaret M. Strain, Rebecca C. Potter
Rebecca Potter
From the publisher: As the needs of those seeking an MA in English studies have evolved, so too have the degree’s mission and identity. Margaret M. Strain and Rebecca C. Potter, editors of Degree of Change: The MA in English Studies, argue that the MA is positioned in a dynamic contact zone—“a place where disciplinary knowledge, student need, and local exigencies interact and where disciplinary identity is constantly negotiated.”
Looking primarily at stand-alone master’s programs, this volume examines the design, delivery, and value of a master’s degree in English in the twenty-first century and challenges the characterization that MA programs …
Degree Of Change: The Ma In English Studies, Margaret M. Strain, Rebecca C. Potter
Degree Of Change: The Ma In English Studies, Margaret M. Strain, Rebecca C. Potter
Margaret M. Strain
From the publisher: As the needs of those seeking an MA in English studies have evolved, so too have the degree’s mission and identity. Margaret M. Strain and Rebecca C. Potter, editors of Degree of Change: The MA in English Studies, argue that the MA is positioned in a dynamic contact zone—“a place where disciplinary knowledge, student need, and local exigencies interact and where disciplinary identity is constantly negotiated.”
Looking primarily at stand-alone master’s programs, this volume examines the design, delivery, and value of a master’s degree in English in the twenty-first century and challenges the characterization that MA programs …
Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain
Ncte On 'Why Get An M.A. In English?', Rebecca C. Potter, Margaret M. Strain
Margaret M. Strain
Authors Margaret Strain and Rebecca Potter discuss with host Larry Jacobs the how and especially the why of getting the MA In English.