Edward Said presents some interesting notions on the idea of Orientalism, as both a concept and as a field of study. Said’s concepts are similar to some of the readings we have done earlier in that he explains the difficulties…
English 5001
Changing Bodies
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Changing Bodies Educational organizations are constantly looking at the establishment theory and practice. As Spivak associates conventions he states, “Rhetoric sees itself not as creating a balance between theory and practice, but rather as ‘inhabiting a kind of productive…
Spivak
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I really liked what Spivak had to say about reconciliation between theory and practice ever happening. I too, feel that this is something that is impossible to achieve, especially when one considers that theory and practice depend on the culture…
Commentary Week 9
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Tina Bell English 5001 23 April 2009 Commentary Week 9 Paul Kei Matsuda published his article, “Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor,” in 1999, and the topic as to the best methods for teaching English as…
Commentary Week 10
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Tina Bell English 5001 23 April 2009 Commentary Week 10 “Rhetoric sees itself not as creating a balance between theory and practice, but rather as ‘inhabiting a kind of productive unease’” (1). Given Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s view of rhetoric, it…
Composition Studies and ESL Writing, a Commentary
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I found this article interesting and valid for several reasons: first, it offers a detailed history of the two fields of ESL and compositional studies that offers much needed insight into the schism and division of these disciplines, and second,…
Commentary Week Nine
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Commentary Week Nine Composition Wars Now I know why there is a split between the English purists (composition teachers) and ESL teachers. Teaching English composition is a culturally esteemed position. This issue is directly related, in my opinion, to Kenneth…
Commentary Hooks
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“Rebels Dilemma” By Bell Hooks “Academia was where we worked but we wanted a life on the outside. We did not want to be imprisoned in institutions of higher learning that would reward us and then demand that we stop…
Paul Kei Matsuda: Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor, a commentary
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Where do Composition Studies and ESL Writing overlap? It seems to me that Matsuda’s main point is that we need to find the answer to this question to better provide for our second language writers. His history of the division…
Acceptance
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Tina Bell English 5001 Week 8 Acceptance Approximately fifteen years ago, I taught a student, Anthony, who had anger control issues. His father was in prison for murder and his mother was a drug addict. He lived on welfare. He…