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  2. First-year composition - Wikipedia

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    First-year composition is designed to meet the goals for successful completion set forth by the Council of Writing Program Administrators. [16] To reach these goals, students must learn rhetorical conventions, critical thinking skills, information literacy, and the process of writing an academic paper. There is no standard curriculum for first ...

  3. Composition studies - Wikipedia

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    Learning writing is one of the essential difficulties that ESL students find in studying English, especially since writing is important in an academic community. Some ESL students may need to jump from being a student who does not speak English ever to a student who uses academic language in a short time which may put a large burden on their ...

  4. Basic writing - Wikipedia

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    David Bartholomae was a professor of English and chair of the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh.Bartholomae's most-referenced publication about BW is the book chapter "Inventing the University", in which he unpacks the audience and purpose of writing for the academy, particularly from the perspective of students new to this discourse community.

  5. Writing across the curriculum - Wikipedia

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    The university also has a writing center to further improve their students writing skills. The George Washington University has been in the U.S. News & World Report list for the success they have in their writing program. Scholars have come to an agreement that the act of writing itself promotes learning in the particular discipline. [22]

  6. Joseph M. Williams - Wikipedia

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    Joseph M. Williams (18 August 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio – 22 February 2008 in South Haven, Michigan) was a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago where he promoted clarity in writing for many years. He authored several books on language and writing.

  7. Microlino - Wikipedia

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    Microlino Lite is a compact vehicle designed for urban commuting, with a top speed of 45 km/h. It is classified as an L6e quadricycle, which allows it to be driven with an AM driver's license, making it accessible to individuals as young as 14 in some regions.

  8. Cherokee syllabary - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee student could accomplish in a few weeks what students of English writing might require two years to achieve. [ 7 ] In 1828, the order of the characters in a chart and the shapes of the characters were modified by Cherokee author and editor Elias Boudinot to adapt the syllabary to printing presses. [ 8 ]

  9. History of English grammars - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch tradition of writing English grammars, which began with Thomas Basson's The Conjugations in Englische and Netherdutche in the same year—1586—as William Bullokar's first English grammar (written in English), gained renewed strength in the early 20th century in the work of three grammarians: Hendrik Poutsma, Etsko Kruisinga, and ...