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Peer reviewedGrobman, Laurie – Journal of Basic Writing, 2001
Examines the ways in which students in basic writing respond to rhetorical constructions of their generation. Argues that compositionists' efforts to intervene and mediate society's conception of youth are complicated by students' simultaneous acceptance and rejection of these representations. Explores the subsequent implications for students' and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cultural Differences, Secondary Education, Social Change
Direct linkScott, Tonya M. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2004
Using diverse texts to critically examine America's melting pot ideal supports basic writing students' successful matriculation through rhetorically and socially challenging locations. This paper is a pedagogical study of a basic writing (BW) classroom in which students grappled with America's "melting pot" metaphor. The theme of the course…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Figurative Language, Writing Instruction, Student Attitudes
