Demythologizing language differences in the academy : establishing discipline-based writing programs /
In this volume, Mark Waldo argues that writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs should be housed in writing centers and explains an innovative approach to enhancing their effectiveness: focus WAC on the writing agendas of the disciplines. He asserts that WAC operation should reflect an academy c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this volume, Mark Waldo argues that writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs should be housed in writing centers and explains an innovative approach to enhancing their effectiveness: focus WAC on the writing agendas of the disciplines. He asserts that WAC operation should reflect an academy characterized by multiple language communities--each with contextualized values, purposes, and forms for writing, and no single community's values superior to another's. Starting off with an examination of the core issue, that WAC should be promoting learning to write in the disciplines inste. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index. |
ISBN: | 1410609723 9781410609724 9780805847352 0805847359 9780805847369 0805847367 |