Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Dec 1998
Instructional Note Using the Off-Campus Interview
Abstract
Describes how the author uses the off-campus interview of a working professional as a foundation unit upon which to launch a first-year college writing course. Discusses teaching strategies to prepare for this real interview, and notes that the working professionals interviewed can become the writing instructor’s best ally in motivating first-year college students.
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- Teaching English in the Two-Year College
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- 1998-12-01
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- 10.58680/tetyc19981819
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