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Peer reviewed
Knodt, Ellen Andrews – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Suggests several ways that institutions can help teachers continue with research and scholarly studies, such as: (1) released time for faculty; (2) variable course loads; (3) external funding; (4) government grants; (5) providing adequate library resources; and (6) overcoming the isolation of two-year college faculty from their colleagues. (RAE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Financial Support, Higher Education, Released Time
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Kort, Melissa Sue – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Examines the trend of community colleges to narrow the language arts curriculum to meet a restricted definition of "literacy." Argues for a wider definition that calls upon students to become familiar with the various uses of language through reading and writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, English Curriculum
Peer reviewed
Corse, Sandra – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Reviews some of the basic notions of semiotics to show how they can be applied to composition teaching. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Usage, Nonverbal Communication
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Carter, Michael – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Notes that there are two common definitions of writing style, one monistic and one dualistic, both of which make style unteachable. Reviews these two concepts and then offers an alternative definition of style that unites the advantages of each. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Two Year Colleges
Peer reviewed
Baer, Sylvia – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Examines the concept of creativity, then looks at the creativity theories of social psychologist Teresa Amabile as they apply to the teaching of literature. (FL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education
Peer reviewed
Pomerenke, Paula J.; Mink, JoAnna Stephens – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Discusses some of the problems that arise when adult students are placed in composition classes with traditional college students. Suggests ways teachers can deal with these problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English Instruction, Higher Education, Student Needs
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Noe, Marcia – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Describes a sequence of lesson plans, based on Robert B. Parker's "Wilderness," that is designed to help students realize how point of view can affect the way they feel about characters and issues in a work of fiction. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Fiction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewed
McLaughlin, Margaret; Fennick, Ruth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Reports student responses to a collaborative writing assignment. Argues that in the real world, collaborative efforts are common and that students need to learn how to work together on a project. (FL)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Interaction
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Tebeaux, Elizabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Describes a short course designed to help employees overcome common writing problems. Suggests that many writing problems result from deficiencies in freshman composition courses, and recommends five changes. (ARH)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Corporate Education
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Connors, Patricia E. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Suggests that expressive writing is important in the freshman writing course because of the motivation the writer's feelings and memories can offer. Outlines a unit on journal writing, including a cohesive series of both private and shared journal writing activities. (ARH)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Freshman Composition, Journal Writing, Personal Writing
Peer reviewed
Spann, Sylvia – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Shows how one teacher used William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" to teach inference and implication. (ARH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Higher Education
Peer reviewed
Safford, Dan – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Reveals how working in industry caused a former college writing instructor to realize some important lessons he failed to teach his students: the fact that proposals are written to make money, the importance of planning writing, the need to stick to schedules, and the value of interpersonal skills. (ARH)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Outlining (Discourse)
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House, Elizabeth B.; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Supports linking reading and writing by teaching at-risk college students a problem-solving approach which provides a thinking skill also applicable to other disciplines. Illustrates how problem-solving strategies can be used to teach reading. (SD)
Descriptors: Free Writing, Freshman Composition, Heuristics, Problem Solving
Peer reviewed
Sollisch, James – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Argues that reading should be taught as a process. Suggests sources for information on the active reading process (missing in most textbooks) and describes a method for integrating the reading process and collaborative learning in a college writing class. (SD)
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Reading Processes, Reading Writing Relationship, Remedial Reading
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Deem, James M.; Engel, Sandra A. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Describes an introductory activity called educational oral history which was designed to improve communications between teachers and disadvantaged students in an integrated basic course in reading and writing. Concludes the project also raised students' pride and ability to comprehend and participate in the course. (SD)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Problems, Oral History, Remedial Instruction