The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice. David Bartholomae, author of Inventing the University, is a professor who writes about the struggles that students face with transitioning into college level writing and learning to write with authority in academic discourse, all while maintaining a unique voice. I agree with Bartholomae’s views on the subject and his arguments are very valid because he speaks from the status and
I believe that many students need motivations and reasons to do frequent studying, reading, and exercising; therefore frequent in-class exams will give them good reasons and motivations to start reviewing a chapter. Frequent tests will be more efficient in classes that require a lot of readings and memorizing, such as history, politic, geography, etc, because if a student procrastinate his reading until a night before the test, he will be overwhelmed. Another advantage from frequent exams is that students can use their returned exams that have been given feedbacks and the right answers for their study guides to prepare for their midterm or
Professor Kamerman ENG 301 28 June 2009 Accelerated Reader Program: Benefit or Detriment Reading is vital to literacy; knowing how to read is necessary and assures success in most fields of work. Reading helps with writing as well; a person who reads more than they play games or watch television will find it much easier to come up with the words necessary to express their thoughts and ideas in writing. Teaching children to read is the beginning to providing them with the tools they need for a successful life, academically and in their careers. The purpose here is to explore the Accelerated Reader/Reading Renaissance (AR/RR) program and discuss whether it truly is beneficial to students by providing them with the opportunity to progress
Daily exposure to stories helps children to learn the structure and style of a story, particularly learning stories off by heart and being read to by a teacher. In turn this will improve their own story and poem writing as the structure and style will become second nature to them. What has been written already on this research topic? The National Strategy ‘Talk for Writing’ is based on this but I don’t feel that it fully engages/enthuses teachers in the importance of daily storytelling or whether it has had a positive impact on Literacy learning in the classroom. 4.
Christina Waters EDRD 445 April 24, 2011 Mini Literacy Portrait essay This year, my literacy buddy was Ronnie. Ronnie is in the second grade and he loves to read and write. I was so excited to meet Ronnie for the first time because he seemed so enthusiastic about reading and writing and he really seemed to enjoy learning. I have learned so much about Ronnie over this year and I have seen him improve in many areas. Ronnie really seemed to at the “top” of his class and everybody noticed it in our EDRD 445 class.
Summary Response Amadeo Constanzo is the author of “Do You Really Think You Are a Good Writer?” and he believes that if you are in a remedial class English then “instead of wasting time and energy on negative thoughts, use the energy and time to improve your writing” or other skills. Constanzo supports remedial classes because even the best athletes train to be better just like a writer practices to become a better writer. I very much agree with Constanzo because the majors I currently have would eventually deal a lot with presentation documents. I am also in remedial English and I know that it would help me becoming a better writer. Benjamin Franklin once said “If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him.
Additionally, I have noticed tremendous progress on my writing skills, that is, I write much faster now, therefore, I get better papers and grades. As a result, I
It will help me to better prepare myself for study time and building my reading skills up. With me starting with previewing first, I will be able to summarize what the materials are focused on, and allow me to begin to mentally jot down notes and important facts pertaining to each chapter I read. I am more confident that I will be able to accomplish my reading goals now that I have a stable plan in place! Before, concentration was a huge barrier for me because of the many distractions I have around me. However, I realize how actually having strategies in place will help me do better in my future reading and studying
While taking this ESL class I am looking forward to learning how to write effectively, improve my grammar and become a better writer. Over the next semester
Finally, a well educated and skilled student was evaluated reasonably by self, peer and professors is an influencing factor; it enables to students understand their overall academic performance so that they make consistent improvement. Keywords: online education, E-Learning, quality assurance, student assessment. An effective quality assurance system for online education Nowadays, people feel that some words such as telelearning, telecommuting or teleconferencing are no longer the strange terms. With the rapid development of technologies, the new ways of living and learning has quietly infiltrated everyone. In the past several years, online education has become widely available; meantime most of students today tend to attend universities with various online courses taught by well-trained instructors.