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Peer reviewedTinberg, Howard – Journal of Basic Writing, 1998
Presents the voices of basic writers, telling the importance of education in their lives and their struggles with it. Argues that basic writing merits support and should be regarded as college-level in its objectives and methods. Rejects the move to transform the mission of two-year colleges into one of narrowly defined developmental endeavors.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Student Attitudes, Two Year Colleges, Writing Apprehension
Peer reviewedNimmo, Kristi – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2000
Presents a sequenced writing assignment on shopping to aid basic writers. Describes a writing assignment focused around online and mail-order shopping. Notes steps in preparing for the assignment, the sequence, and discusses responses to the assignments. (SC)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Two Year Colleges
Download full textGreenberg, Eileen – 1997
A program was developed and implemented for use with college freshmen at a community college in southeast Florida whose entrance examination scores fell below the acceptable range for admission into a regular English classroom. These students lacked an adequate background in basic English language skills, had an insufficient understanding of the…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Activities, Community Colleges, English Instruction
Holladay, John M.; Zwayer, Sue – 1992
Monroe County Community College (MCCC), in Monroe, Michigan, developed a "Writing Across the Curriculum" program in response to perceived deficiencies in the writing and critical thinking skills of its students. Major features of the program include a Writing Center located in the Learning Assistance Laboratory and Writing Fellows…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Participant Satisfaction, Peer Teaching
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1989
With each issue focusing on different themes, volume 16 of "Inside English" looks at writing programs and critical thinking, developmental writing and the plight of part-time faculty, teaching literature and study abroad programs, and English as a Second Language (ESL) and English programs. In addition to regular columns on the English Council of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College English, College Faculty
