Advancing advanced composition : a guided tour through an ideal English communications course : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

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Authors
Martinus, Craig L.
Advisor
Hanson, Linda K.
Issue Date
1993
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Thesis (B.A.)
Department
Honors College
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Abstract

The following text is a tour through an advanced composition course. Points of interest include a philosophical background of communication and composition instruction, suggestions for implementing changes in course objectives, and a portrait of an ideal writing classroom. The author uses a fitness perspective to describe a suggested teaching approach and uses a "workout" model to describe the objectives of a writer-improvement plan. The ultimate goal of the tour is to propose changes in current advanced composition courses that will help novice writers become more effective communicators.