I may experience some
tension in fully incorporating learning objectives 6 and 7.
With 6 (research), I think
there are a lot of problems with the way research is designed / thrown into
many FYC classes. It’s a big drain on class time to have to cover what library
research is, how to determine the credibility of sources, how to find sources,
and ridiculous requirements such as “must reference four academic journals, two
newspapers and one online professional database.” Research is a skill that
students need for academic success, but it can’t all be taught in a single
4-week unit in Freshman Comp.
With 7 (grammar), I do
believe grammar needs to be directly addressed in FYC…but only as the class
demonstrates the need or in one-on-one conferences with the instructor. At the
FYC level, students should be made aware of recurring sentence-level errors,
but the class’s focus is on more advanced writing strategies, like generating
ideas, paper structure and organization. I am NOT going to spend time on
spelling.
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