The first question posed this week for discussion addresses perhaps one of the most fundamental issues currently affecting education in our nation. The diversion between theory and practice whether it is that of composition, teaching k-12 or teaching ESL is…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Spivak: Loosely Defined Ideas Left for Interrogation
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
Spivak’s discourse in itself, regardless of meaning, seems to be a rebellion against phallocentric language. Her ideas lack rigid definitions and are transcribed in a nonlinear way. Unfortunately, though I try to be as aware as possible to the systems…
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Question #3– Spivak Yes, I agree with Spivak. I think that over time, if one learns to write well in a normal context, then that same person will have the ability to write for an audience. In a sense, they…
Discussion Questions for Post-colonial Theory
by kmontero • • 8 Comments
Hello My Fellow Classmates and Scholarly Friends! For this weeks readings, the focus was centered upon the ideologies of two enormously influential, much debated literary theorists, known mutually for their significant contributions to Postcolonialism. Although difficult to define, as most…
Connecting with the Audience
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
I wasn’t a huge fan of Gayatri Spivak; I found some of her responses to be cold and political—“I can’t really comment on what goes on in the discipline of rhetoric” (2), “A domestication, a circumscription” (5), and “It is…
MaryAnn’s Proposal
by MaryAnn Macedo • • 3 Comments
MaryAnn Macedo DeVries ENGL 5001 4/22/2010 Paper Proposal For my term paper this semester, I’d like to explore the rhetoric of video game heroines. Women have long gotten the short end of the stick in the video game and comic…
ESL EXPECTATIONS
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Regardless of who should teach ESL students, the writing class has always been downgraded in class of importance compared to literacy. Many of the writing programs at the university are taught by new teachers or interns. There is also very…
Tweetilie DEE!!!
by lminnis209 • • 1 Comment
Students today have become the multi-task generation with texting, email and the web 2.0 in general. Technology could be seen as the new wave of learning in the classroom. Rhetoricians and Educators have tried some of the tools used…
Decolonization Dilemma
by MaryAnn Macedo • • 0 Comments
bell hook’s “Rebel’s Dilemma” at first confused me. I didn’t know what decolonization really was, and she kept repeating the term as if repeating it would actually make such a thing possible. Now, finally knowing what it is, I’ve come…
Discussion Questions for Class 04/22
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
Below are the questions I plan to ask for tonight’s discussion for people who may not be in class. I’m not posting with the intention of starting a discussion thread, but so that people can look at it if they’d…