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Peer reviewedBrickman, Bette – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Describes a unit of instruction in the ESL classroom in which students conceive, develop, and complete anthologies of proverbs from around the world. Details the logistics and the student reactions to such an assignment. (HB)
Descriptors: Anthologies, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Proverbs
Peer reviewedHellman, Shawn – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2000
Describes a "distant service learning" unit in a first-year composition course in which students wrote for a nonprofit organization in the classroom. Discusses program activities in relation to the first-year composition curriculum, program activities and the nonprofit organization, classroom implementation and assessment (including scoring guide…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Curriculum, Freshman Composition, Grantsmanship
Peer reviewedKlopfenstein, Glenn D. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Describes how the author uses the off-campus interview of a working professional as a foundation unit upon which to launch a first-year college writing course. Discusses teaching strategies to prepare for this real interview, and notes that the working professionals interviewed can become the writing instructor's best ally in motivating first-year…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Interviews
