Cultural Rhetorics: A Faculty Workshop

1. What language backgrounds do our students have?

Academic and cultural rhetorics-- characteristics and patterns
2. Why be concerned about students' diverse language backgrounds?
Students' Right to their Own Language-- A statement from the College Conference on Composition and Communication
3. What about contexts for writing and reading at Northern Illinois University?
  • ENGL 102P-103P (see student work from Contemporary Voices)
  • First-year Composition Program
  • University Writing Center
  • Disciplinary Courses
    • 4. How can we create opportunities for "code switching" between cultural and academic rhetorics? 5. How can we respond to students with different cultural rhetorics?
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    Northern Illinois University
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