Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 31, No. 3, March 2004

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• On Wine, Cheese, and the Superlative role of Time in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language

  Frank W. Hermann

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  Abstract: This article discusses the time needed for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students to acquire proficiency in academic English and offers suggestions for helping instructors elicit the best possible performance from their ESL students until they have had sufficient time to achieve fluency.

  Keywords: College

• Service-Learning and the D.I.S. in the First-Year Writing Classroom

  Nita Moots Kincaid and Peter Sotiriou

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  Abstract: While most service-learning courses at the college level establish a hierarchical connection between mentor and student, the service-learning program at Los Angeles City College encourages a reciprocal relationship in which mentor and mentee benefit from each other. First-year composition students are paired with intermediate ESL composition students in a semester-long program.

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• Deracination and the D.I.S. in the First-Year Writing Classroom

  Becky Flores

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  Abstract: Implementing deracination and the D.I.S.—components of a developing critical thinking pedagogy termed decritique—offer a more critically reflective alternative to classroom peer-review activities that mistakenly focus on a “notion of caring"

  Keywords: College

• Written Commentary: A Systematic, Theory-Based Approach to Response

  Russell S. Sprinkle

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  Abstract: This article presents a systematic method for examining and evaluating written commentary. When used by writing instructors in authentic responding contexts, these reflective models can help instructors better understand their commenting practices in light of current response theories, establish clearer goals for making written commentary, and develop new commenting strategies that provide increased revision options for students.

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• Encouraging Collaboration with Students on Teacher Response

  Anthony Edgington

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  Abstract: Encouraging students to be more vocal members of the response sequence can assist teachers in writing stronger comments on student texts. The author conducted a small-scale study of students’ reactions to response formats, finding that students preferred formats that allowed teachers to elaborate on their comments, displayed teacher effort, avoided confusing comments, and actively involved students in the process.

  Keywords: College

• "Explaining My Opinion by My Own Words": Considerations for Teaching Linguistically Different Basic Writers

  Carole Center

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  Abstract: Contrastive rhetoric provides tools that community college teachers need in order to understand the rhetorical forms that students from other cultures employ. Greater understanding of contrastive rhetoric can change the way that teachers interpret the difficulty linguistically different students may have in using conventional American academic writing patterns and can provide new avenues for teaching those patterns.

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• EDITORIAL: Peer Review and Teacher Commentary

  Howard Tinberg

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• READERS WRITE

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• REVIEWS

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  Abstract: Reviews of 2 professional books: Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges by W. Norton Grubb and Associates reviewed by Lawrence J. McDoniel; Radical Departures: Composition and Progressive Pedagogy by Chris W. Gallagher reviewed by Alexis Nelson.

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• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Bringing Back an Old Technology: How and Why I Use Music in the Classroom

  David James

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  Abstract: The use of music in the classroom can have a positive effect on student interaction, learning, and satisfaction.

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