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ESL EXPECTATIONS
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 little funding for writing programs, so when you add another layer to an already... »
Tweetilie DEE!!!
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 by students to improve classroom participation. Some educators want to harness the potential behind... »
The Rhetoric of Sales: Infomercials in the Composition Classroom
For my final paper, I plan on engaging in a two-fold research project. The end result will produce a product that can hopefully be used in the composition classroom in order to educate students on various rhetorical strategies and how they are used in a medium outside of composition. I plan to... »
Composition vs. Linguistics
“Well DUH!” This was my continued feeling as I read through Paul K. Matsuda’s article “Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor.” Of course specialized ESL courses are necessary for second-language speakers. As Matsuda gives the history of the development of ESL courses in various institutions, he mentions the growth... »
Anne Engert Midterm, A2 and B1
Anne Engert Dr. Kim DeVries English 5001 9 Apr. 2010 Midterm A2: Explain the Classical and enlightenment definitions of rhetoric and propose a contemporary definition. Account for the differences between the three. The Western rhetorical tradition has a long and varied history of definition and redefinition. Through the Socratic dialogues of Classical times, the reasoned treatises of the Renaissance and... »
Discussion Questions for Berlin, Elbow, & Bartholomae (4/8)
For our online discussion questions this week, I have attempted to pull some questions from each of the readings in order to generate an online discussion environment. Some ask merely for your thoughts on the readings while others are formulated in a somewhat activity style. You don’t have to answer every question (although it... »
(Re)Defining Rhetoric
Based on the readings for the week, it seems to me that the 20th century recovery of rhetoric is about defining what is entailed when we talk about rhetoric. Not necessarily satisfied with the way rhetoric was being treated, intellectuals like Kenneth Burke and Chaim Perelman took it upon themselves to remind us what... »
Sweet and Sour
How can we see another culture as rhetorically important when we disregard the whole cultures validity as an equal? Maybe soon as a western culture we can start to acknowledge Chinese Rhetoric as an equally valid discourse. Our past concerns with the Chinese culture haveviewed them as “lazy” or “cruel” not as snazzy as... »
The Egg BEFORE the Chicken???
Rushd tries to shed light upon the question of the egg before the chicken question. Is there existence from non-existence? How by using God’s “agents” he who created all things creates different agents that are ”natural” and “voluntary”? A natural agent does their task automatically never questioning the process, yet a voluntary agent does the act when... »
Creating a “New” Rhetoric
I completely agree with what Joel has written about the sense of caring and sharing in the Nyaya rhetorical perspective. It appears that within that system of dialogue and debate, the goal is to come to a common understanding of a situation and not merely about defeating an opponent. While some of the readings... »