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Why Your Students Can’t Write—
And What You Can Do about It
William H. ThelinThe University of Akron
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“I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.”
--Frank Layden, Former Coach, Utah Jazz
How Much Can We Do?
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Lore= 5-paragraph essays, knowledge of kinds and forms of essays and paragraphs, de-contextualized grammar instruction, etc.
Research=form is dictated by content, genre is decided when topic and audience are established, paragraphs vary in length, grammar is taught in the context of a student’s writing, etc.
Lore vs. Research
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Enough Rigor?
Grammar?
Appropriate Grading?
Just Passing Them On?
What Are They Doing in English Composition??!!??!!
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• Hours It Takes
* 66-67 hours per class reading bare minimum number of papers (20 minutes per paper) * 8 ½ 40-hour work weeks spent reading and responding to assignments if teaching 4 classes (not counting prep)
Hiring Situation
Labor Conditions
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Assignments based in personal experience
Focus on structure and grammar
Lack of reading
Lack of Conceptual Learning/Transferability
Curriculum
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Assignment Construction
“That was only for English Composition!”
Disciplinary Knowledge
Once They Leave (Who? Me?)
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Full-Time Hires
Accountability through Assessment
Multi-Modal and Service Learning Projects
What We’re Doing
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Control curriculum from programs with articulation agreements
Teach parameters and conventions of every discipline
Solve the ongoing labor problem
What We Can’t Do
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Assign a handbook
Multiple drafts
Reinforce concepts learned in English Composition (Thesis, Audience, Organization, Language Use) and translate those into the conventions of your discipline
What You Can Do
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Reasons for problems1) Not knowing rules2) Dialectical Issues3) Hyper-Corrections4) Regression5) Not seeing errors6) Grammar Check7) Previous teaching8) Remembering rules incorrectly
What about Grammar????
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Do not correct errors for the students (circling, crossing out, etc.)
Refer them to the handbook Spot patterns of error (do not over-correct) Translate from their dialect Do not panic! Grammar has to count Model correct prose for students
How You Can Help