ERIC Number: EJ728798
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep
Pages: 31
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Revisiting the Promise of "Students' Right to Their Own Language": Pedagogical Strategies
Kinloch, Valerie Felita
College Composition and Communication, v57 n1 p83-113 Sep 2005
The implications of the "Students' Right to Their Own Language" resolution on classroom teaching and practices point to a continual need to reevaluate how communicative actions--linguistic diversities--of students are central aspects of the work within composition courses. This article revisits the historical significance and pedagogical value of the resolution in its critique of student-teacher exchanges, in its advancement of strategies that invite language variations into composition courses, and in its proposal to support the expressive rights of students.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Writing (Composition), Teacher Student Relationship, Student Diversity, Language Variation, Language Styles
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Education Level: Higher Education
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