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Peer reviewedGuiher-Huff, Susan – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Describes a freshman composition class in which students write essays about pollution. Explains that students classified and divided problems, cited examples, explored pollution's processes, used narrative, and offered comparisons. Describes how students prepared cause-and-effect oral presentations and then wrote persuasive letters. Concludes that…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Persuasive Discourse, Pollution, Research Papers (Students)
Peer reviewedVishwanadha, Hari; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Provides suggestions on various English instruction topics. Includes (1) "Argumentation Exercise," Hari Vishwanadha; (2) "How to Survive Developmental (or Any Other) English," Sally Russell; (3) "Reach Out to an Expert," Norma A. Register; (4) "Summary and Response Writing," Alec Valentine; (5) "The Living Journal," Blair Spencer Ray; and (6)…
Descriptors: Authors, Critical Thinking, English Instruction, Grammar
