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Buell, Marcia Z. – Journal of Basic Writing, 2018
This article describes a version of the Seminar in Basic Writing Theory and Pedagogy, a Master's level course that Marcia Buell taught in summer 2017 at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Buell argues that because many MA students enter graduate courses in Basic Writing expecting that the course will show them how to "fix"…
Descriptors: Seminars, Masters Programs, Basic Writing, Graduate Students
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Deem, James M.; Engel, Sandra A. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1988
Describes a holistic strategy for teaching reading and writing skills, beginning with oral fluency, moving to simple transcription skills as part of an oral history exercise, and then to the production of a newsletter based on interviews. The strategy recognizes the relationship between the student's background and the English curriculum. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Holistic Approach