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Langley, David – 1990
A writing instructor, who informally surveyed 11 current essay anthologies to determine why such anthologies discourage students from reading and writing, suggests problems relating to three aspects of physical design. First, many anthologies alienate composition students by their distinctive textbook-styled covers. These covers do not suggest…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Essays, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship
