Articles
Anything we've read so far is fair game, but you will probably want to concentrate primarily on essays which deal directly with this matter of learning academic language. Following are the essays we've read so far in class, and the assignments for which we read them:
Personal Essay:
- Jung, "The Pleasures of Remembrance: Raking in Circles and Other Unexpected Delights" (LL, 9-14)
- Mundari, "Language as Image Maker" (LL, 91-6)
- Lockett, "How I Started Writing Poetry" (LL, 347-51)
Response Essay:
- Rodriguez, "Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" (LL, 98-108)
- bell hooks, "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education" (LL, 118-28)
- (Repeat from Personal Essay Readings) Jung, "The Pleasures of Remembrance: Raking in Circles and Other Unexpected Delights" (LL, 9-14)
- Tannen, "How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently" (PHG, 278-83)
Inquiry Essay:
- Rose, "The Politics of Remediation" (LL, 135-50)
- Paul Levitt, "The Unprepared Undergraduate" (handout)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Use (that is, quote, summarize, or paraphrase SIGNIFICANTLY from) at least three course readings in your essay. You may use one or more of your peers' Web Forum postings in the place of ONE of these required readings. (And you may make use of as many of your peers writings as you want to in addition to the three required readings.)