Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 27, No. 4, May 2000

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• When Computers Come to English Class

  Smokey Wilson

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  Abstract: Examines how a shift to an online writing course affected underprepared students. Finds the guided writing environment enhanced instruction and improved student retention and pass rates.

  Keywords: College, Technology

• What's Age Got to Do with It? Teaching Older Students in Computer-Aided Classrooms

  Angela Crow

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  Abstract: Suggests teachers helping older students in computer-aided classrooms should (1) expect these students to perform more slowly and to make more errors; (2) avoid comparisons that cause confusion due to students' prior knowledge; (3) be aware of the danger of overload from information clutter; and (4) sequence assignments based on scaffolding concepts and on building skills through repetition.

  Keywords: College, Technology

• Antigone on the Night Shift: Classics in the Contemporary Classroom

  Alan Devenish

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  Abstract: Examines community college students' choices of favorite works after a one-year composition and literature course. Finds "Antigone" was the favorite. Claims Greek classical works put students in contact with a distant culture that they find intriguing. Suggests juxtaposing a classical work with one from another time and culture to avoid assuming the classics into a rigid cultural hegemony.

  Keywords: College

• Engaging Students in the Literature Classroom: Reflections of a Compositionist

  Joseph S. Ng (Eng)

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  Abstract: Claims lower-division literature courses can engage students by incorporating student text into the anthologized canon. Describes specific classroom situations and effective strategies for connecting literature to students' lives.

  Keywords: College

• Expanding the Scope of Personal Writing in the Composition Classroom

  Dana C. Elder

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  Abstract: Proposes assigning polemics, suasive essays, and paradoxical encomia as a means to help students write in classical civic discourse forms, which enfranchise the personal in the service of the community. Presents guidelines for each assignment.

  Keywords: Secondary, College, Pedagogy, Writing, Professional Development, Reading

• Storytelling: Reclaiming an Age-Old Wisdom for the Composition Classroom

  Cindy Wallace

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  Abstract: Claims personal narrative essays, although controversial, touch a unique chord in listeners and in readers. Suggest incorporating critical thinking and modeling by the instructor into personal narrative essay assignments.

  Keywords: College

• Sentence Focus, Cohesion, and the Active and Passive Voice

  William S. Robinson

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  Abstract: Outlines three criteria that justify using passive voice. Claims teaching sentence focus--keeping the topic of the sentence in the subject position--will accomplish the end of teaching the appropriate uses of active and passive voice.

  Keywords: College

• Swales's "Moves" and the Research-Paper Assignment

  Brian Sutton

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  Abstract: Describes three strands of knowledge which help students produce better research papers: (1) the four moves employed by authors of journal articles; (2) the strategies employed in writers of localized news stories; and (3) a checklist for localized field research.

  Keywords: College

• WHAT WORKS FOR ME: Storytelling and the MTV Generation

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  Abstract: Provide guidelines for (1) using storytelling to empower students; (2) drawing on students' "family storyteller"; (3) bridging the gap between today's students and teachers; (4) using the television show "Seinfeld" to enhance vocabulary development; and (5) using quizzes to teach proofreading skills. Presents a poetic response to students arriving late for class.

  Keywords: College

• EDITORIAL

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• PROFESSIONAL NEWS, NOTES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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• Lines on Retirement, after Reading Lear

  David Wright

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  Keywords: College

• They Come Back

  John Sheirer

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  Keywords: College

• REVIEWS

  James L. Brimeyer; Mark C. Harris; Judy L. Isaksen

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  Abstract: Reviews three books: Beyond Notecards: Rethinking the Freshman Research Paper, by Bruce Ballenger; The New Century Handbook, by Christinie A. Hult and Thomas Huckin; Outbursts in Academe: Multiculturalism and Other Sources of Conflict, ed. by Kathleen Dixon.

  Keywords: College

• INDEX: VOLUME 27

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