Academic literacy in the English classroom : helping underprepared and working class students succeed in college / edited by Carolyn R. Boiarsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boiarsky, Carolyn R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Secondary).

College preparation programs.

Academic achievement.

Working class--Education (Secondary).

Working class.

Physical Description:

xi, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

These are two pertinent questions for which Carolyn Boiarsky and the contributors to this volume have some answers. Boiarsky put together this book to preempt the problems teachers face in class, particularly with first-generation college students and others from working class and immigrant families. First, she discusses the content and socialization issues involved in "academic literacy" and exactly what that phrase means. Then, she and other educators describe activities and strategies that teachers can use to help students acquire the skills they need to read and write at the college level. What the academy demands is the ability to read often technical jargon-laden textbooks, to write research papers using appropriate field-specific language and conventions, and to discuss topics in the form appropriate to that field. The strategies offered in this book will help teachers prepare students to accomplish these tasks, whether American-born native speakers, ESL students, or children of the working, middle, or professional class.

Contents:

Working class students in the academy : who are they? / Carolyn R. Boiarsky with Julie Hagemann and Judith Burdan

Learning to learn : helping students become independent thinkers / Carolyn R. Boiarsky

Domain-specific heuristics for composition : helping students write academic prose / Carolyn R. Boiarsky

The work of composition : helping students mix function and art to become carpenters and poets / Stephan Fox

Challenging but safe environments : helping students succeed in college writing / Kelly Bellanger and Diane Panozzo

Map makers : helping students become active readers / Judith Burdan

Walking with light : helping students participate in the literary dialog / Judith Burdan

A metalinguistic approach : helping students acquire the language of the academy / Julie Ann Hagemann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0867095253

OCLC:

51817185