A Great Article for Students (or Anyone!) on How/Why Language Matters
Description: In the article, Ellen Collett writes about the reports she reads from members of the police force each week. Mark McBeth shared this with me a few semesters ago in response to his hearing about my teaching “objective” reporting in 201. I’ve shared it with students every semester since. They really like it; it has brought on some great class conversation.
pdf: The Art of the Police Report
An interview with Adam Berlin about how to write fearlessly
Sara Whitestone’s theme for her ENG 101 course is fear. So when she interviewed Adam Berlin about his fearlessness in writing, she had a dual purpose: 1) to offer an interview model to her students, and 2) to encourage them to take more risks with their writing. One of the strengths of the inquiry essay is that, unlike a thesis-driven essay, the process of asking open-ended questions allows for creativity and therefore welcomes more risk taking.
Read the complete interview: “Fearlessness: An Interview with Adam Berlin” by Sara Whitestone published by Word Riot, August 2014.
On Conducting Interviews: Help for Students
Description: Michael Schumacher’s “The Writer’s Complete Guide to Conducting Interviews”
Slang and the Fluid Nature of Language
“Slang for the Ages” by Korey Stamper. New York Times October 3, 2014
In this piece, Stamper traces the long history of some slang terms, making the case that language creation is a fluid, recursive process, rather than a static, hierarchical enterprise that should privilege “proper” language over new words.
link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/opinion/slang-for-the-ages.html?_r=0
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