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Download full textSchnee, Emily; Shakoor, Jamil – Journal of Basic Writing, 2016
This article explores one basic writer's evolution as he moves from the lowest level of developmental English at a community college to graduate with a Bachelor's degree. Combining personal narrative, essay excerpts, and textual analysis, this piece aims to expand the borders of scholarship in composition studies to include basic writers as…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Development, Basic Writing
Peer reviewedLunsford, Andrea A. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1978
Applies Aristotelian rhetorical theory to the treatment of basic writing problems, noting that classical methods of teaching are still valid--and sometimes used--today. (RL)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Remedial Instruction
Peer reviewedFarrell, Thomas J. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1978
Sketches the historical movement from orality to literacy that Walter J. Ong theorizes, applying it to basic writing instruction for open admissions students. Suggests that teachers first concentrate on narrative and rhetoric to develop writing about particularized details, saving sentence control exercises such as sentence combining for…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
