Comments on: WAC/WID Terminology (Part I) http://cac.ophony.org/2007/08/07/wacwid-terminology-part-i/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Agnieszka http://cac.ophony.org/2007/08/07/wacwid-terminology-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-21774 Agnieszka Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:45:27 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/08/07/wacwid-terminology-part-i/#comment-21774 The concept of "audience" has changed the way I  teach. I do not remember whether or not I had a clearly defined "audience" for my college papers, and I must have really understood what this entails much later. When I started teaching I used to assign "papers". I did provide guidlines, length info, biblio requirenments, etc. But not the "audience." It just never occurred to me.  Once I realized the potential of providing "audience" for my students to write to, and making it explicit, their papers gradually improved. Gradually, because it took some time for them to adjust. Apparently, not a lot of professors ask them to write letters, memos, plays, short stories, etc. in a social science class. I think spelling out the audience of a written piece allows for playfulness, creativity, and makes it much more interesting for everybody involved: the students writing it and the professors/adjuncts reading it. The concept of "audience" has changed the way I  teach. I do not remember whether or not I had a clearly defined "audience" for my college papers, and I must have really understood what this entails much later. When I started teaching I used to assign "papers". I did provide guidlines, length info, biblio requirenments, etc. But not the "audience." It just never occurred to me.  Once I realized the potential of providing "audience" for my students to write to, and making it explicit, their papers gradually improved. Gradually, because it took some time for them to adjust. Apparently, not a lot of professors ask them to write letters, memos, plays, short stories, etc. in a social science class. I think spelling out the audience of a written piece allows for playfulness, creativity, and makes it much more interesting for everybody involved: the students writing it and the professors/adjuncts reading it.

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]]> By: Diana http://cac.ophony.org/2007/08/07/wacwid-terminology-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-21288 Diana Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:33:44 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2007/08/07/wacwid-terminology-part-i/#comment-21288 This is really helpful. Thanks! This is really helpful. Thanks!

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