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Koerber, Duncan – Composition Studies, 2013
This paper considers the use of a simple assignment, the personal narrative, in teaching students the discursive issues involved in doing academic history. Focusing on autobiography, I present the results of a survey of Canadian university students into their experiences with writing personal histories. Specifically, the survey asked students to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Assignments, Autobiographies