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Hindman, Jane E. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1999
Claims compositionists misrecognize stylistic and institutionalized conventions of academic discourse in their own rhetoric and in the evaluation of their students. Argues that students should be included in the practices by which compositionists "normalize" these conventions. Suggests how students might be included in the evaluative…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Todorovska, Viktorija – 1996
Stretch 107 is a version of English 107 (a first-year composition course for international students at Arizona State University), designed to provide those with low proficiency in English with various strategies for writing acceptable prose in English. Since it is a 2-semester course, Stretch 107 gives students more time to work on their…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students