For English 885, we have been instructed to develop a critical essay dealing with any aspect of rhetoric and composition theory and pedagogy in the form of a multi-modal project. I must be honest, I have participated in blogging assignments through various undergraduate and graduate level classes, but this is my first time developing my very own blogspot! It's simultaneously exciting, intimidating, and overwhelming!
For my multi-modal project, I plan to explore how the incorporation of cross-cultural writing assignments benefits students academically, personally, and professionally. I specifically chose this topic in light of my personal experiences with cross-cultural writing programs, and my writing and ideas are primarily influenced and directed by these experiences.
In this blog, I hope to investigate this particular medium for teaching writing and literature. I hope this site will prove beneficial to other teachers and students who may want to implement similar writing programs and projects into their own classrooms!
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"Students participate in a 'new community of critical and creative discourse. This community, whose conventions are not yet formed, can only be defined by a confluence of literature, composition, and technology.'” -Stuart Moulthrop and Nancy Kaplan, “Something To Imagine: Literature, Composition, and Interactive Fiction.”
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Hey! Welcome to my very first blogspot! Within this forum, I hope to provide you with a thorough analysis of the benefits of integrating cross-cultural writing assignments into the classroom!
"Students participate in a 'new community of critical and creative discourse. This community, whose conventions are not yet formed, can only be defined by a confluence of literature, composition, and technology.'” -Stuart Moulthrop and Nancy Kaplan, “Something To Imagine: Literature, Composition, and Interactive Fiction.”
Sample Cross-Cultural Program
"Creative writing is one important way to wake in a student a pleasure in the very language, a sense of exploring his own activity...The...function of written language becomes important when individuals attempt to relate new knowledge to their value systems." -Dr. Art Young
"Writing to learn is different. We write to ourselves as well as talk with others to objectify our perceptions of reality; the primary function of this expressive language is not to communicate, but to order and represent experience to our own understanding. In this sense language provides us with a unique way of knowing and becomes a tool for discovering, for shaping meaning, and for teaching understanding. For many writers this kind of speculative writing takes place in notebooks and journals; often it is first-draft writing, necessary before more formal finished writing can be done." -Fulwiler and Young
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"As teachers, we seek to provide these inexperienced [writers] with writing taks that are unpredictable--tasks that keep writers off balance, that shot off the automatic pilot." -Dr. Art Young
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About Me
- MELODY
- I am currently a graduate student at Clemson University and am enrolled in English 885 under Dr. Cynthia Haynes. This blogspot has been developed not only to fulfill a class project requirement but also to serve as a spot of reference for those curious about cross-cultural writing.
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