College Composition and Communication Dec 2005

Reinventing WAC (Again): The First-Year Seminar and Academic Literacy

Doug Brent

Abstract

Academically oriented first-year seminars can be good venues for teaching many of the concepts important to WAC programs, including extended engagement with a research topic and situated writing. A qualitative study of a first-year seminar program at the University of Calgary highlights faculty members’ and students’ responses.

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College Composition and Communication
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2005-12-01
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10.58680/ccc20054029
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