College Composition and Communication Feb 2022

Naming What We Don’t Know: Graduate Instructors and Declarative Knowledge about Language

Meaghan Brewer ; Kristen di Gennaro

Abstract

Data from a study of graduate instructors in a composition teaching practicum show that the neglect of declarative knowledgeaboutlanguage is something that they were conscious of and wished to remedy. This finding supports arguments calling for reinstating a focus on linguistic knowledge in composition and writing studies programs.

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College Composition and Communication
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2022-02-01
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10.58680/ccc202231873
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