Silence and the Nontraditional Writer.

Fredericksen, Elaine

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ERIC Number: EJ570071

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Publication Date: 1998

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Silence and the Nontraditional Writer.

Fredericksen, Elaine

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v25 n2 p115-21 May 1998

Argues that nontraditional students need special assistance in coming to believe that they have something valuable to say and in learning to express it with authority. Discusses the complicated nature and causes of the silences of nontraditional students, and describes numerous things that can be done to lessen fear and resistance in the writing classroom. (SR)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Resistance (Psychology), Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Apprehension, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction

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Language: English

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