Composition studies

CCCC Committee on Second Language Writing. “CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers.” College Composition and Communication. 52.4 (2001): 669-674. Print. In response to the increase diversity of the student population and the increase of second-language students in writing programs, CCCC urges writing programs and teachers to recognize the increasing presence of these students and “to understand their characteristics, and to develop instructional and administrative practices that are sensitive to their linguistic and cultural needs” (1). The statement urges for additional research regarding the issues involved with second-language writing ranging from all aspects of writing theory to writing assessment. Additionally,…

I am writing you a letter to tell about my theory of writing and how I believe it has impacted my writing skills throughout my college education. Before I was enrolled in your English class, an Introduction to Writing Studies, I was unsure of my ability as a writer. I mentioned throughout my childhood I did not have a stable home environment, my family was forced to move, numerous times due to financial reasons. During these years I constantly changed school systems, the curriculum varied…

The English language is my secondary language. For that reason, I have had to try harder not only during the course of my Freshman Composition class, but in general during the most of my academic career. In other words, I have had to put more time and effort than typical in order to catch up, but I should say I have always loved it. That being said, I believe that, so far, I have done a pretty good job, obviously not in writing perfect and err less papers, but in setting foot in the right path…

Freshman Composition I’s course objective was designed to help students “focus on developing and expressing ideas clearly and effectively to communicate with various audiences for various purposes and occasions, through written, oral, aural, and visual venues by means of individual and team projects.” Throughout this course my classmates and I reviewed principles of the writing process, including: planning, logical organizational, development strategies, revision, and editing, we were also…

My dissertation, entitled “Comic Book Realism: Sincerity, Ethics, and the Superhero in Contemporary American Literature,” has developed out of questions I began asking at Christ College, beginning with “Word and Image,” when Professor David Morgan introduced me to the study of comics in Fall 2007. The relationship between word and image is at the heart of my dissertation, in which I examine the emerging genre of what I am calling “comic book realism,” novels which draw on, reference, and…

Self Reflection Coming into college with no experience of any college classes, I was very clueless to how anything was going to work and what to expect. When I thought about taking composition one, all I thought was that it was going to be all writing papers. I was very wrong and this was far from true. Walking into this class for the first time, not one part of me expected to learn how to write papers through watching movies or through the in class activities we did. I expected to be given a…

going so far. So I have planned to get to read more that what I read so I can have a better grammar and correct usage of conjugations for verbs, correct structure sentence, I have also planned to go to the writing center any time I need help with essays or when I need them to check if my grammar is okay. I going to use all the resources college offers me like reading clubs, the tutoring center, writing center, the library and all the books that tell you how to write a good essay. Hopefully…

English is one of those subjects that I never really expect to gain much from, but to my surprise I learned a lot from this course. Writing has never been my forte and it is not that I am bad at writing, writing is just something that does not come to me naturally. I knew that there was room for improvement but could not pinpoint where exactly I had to improve. Being in this freshman composition course allowed me to clearly see the strengths and weaknesses in my writing due to being assigned…

900124439 Segue English 0099 is a course designed to accompany English 1101. The program is set up to help students develop and enhance their writing ability. This class was beneficial because it helped me in English 1101 and in my other courses. Segue allowed me to become a more confidant writer. I was informed of many resources that are provided by Georgia Gwinnet College (GGC) to help me improve my writing, such as the Academic Enhancement Center (AEC). Staying awake and participating in…

this semester was that I didn’t think before I write. That taught me a lesson that it’s better for me to organize a draft before I actually write it. The second essay I will present “ Save One-Child Policy, Save Resources” which is considered as a text analysis essay. When I chose my topic, I found that the one-child policy is such an arguable topic because it not only sees the humanity in the decision, but it also sees the reality that we cannot support such a huge population. In this essay, I…