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| Teaching English in the… | 3 |
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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRoth, Audrey; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Offers five tips from writing teachers on writing activities that work well in their classrooms. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments
Peer reviewedBurkle-Young, Francis A. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2001
Describes a writing exercise with the "Oxford English Dictionary" that teaches students about research and attention to detail. Describes how the exercise, which involves the student in a set of serial tasks, makes students comfortable with the OED, teaches them how to extract full details of any word, and teaches students to take…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Research Skills
Peer reviewedTeaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Describes five writing activities for college writing courses: (1) a documented opinion paper exercise; (2) breaking writing rules; (3) trip reports from absentees; (4) case studies to promote writing for particular audiences for pragmatic purposes; and (5) an organizing strategy for studying, using a chart format. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College English, Descriptive Writing, Postsecondary Education
