ERIC Number: ED023698
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Publication Date: 1966-Oct
Pages: 26
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Workshop Reports of the Annual Conference [On College Composition and Communication] (Denver, March 24-26, 1966).
College Composition and Communication, v17 n3 p175-200 Oct 1966
Workshop reports of 35 committees meeting at the Conference on College Composition and Communication are included. Nine reports discuss types of composition courses or programs which emphasize either rhetoric, literature, language, or communication. Five reports discuss the needs of and programs established for special students--superior, culturally disadvantaged, and adult students, as well as students needing remedial help. Other reports examine (1) advanced composition for prospective college, secondary, and elementary teachers, (2) types of papers assigned in composition courses, (3) teaching machines, (4) teaching composition to large numbers, (5) advanced placement programs, (6) areas and problems in administering freshman programs, (7) linguistics and the teaching of composition, (8) English teacher preparation, (9) maintaining proficiency in writing after the freshman course, and (10) teaching English as a second language. (BN)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Advanced Placement, College Freshmen, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Curriculum Enrichment, English, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Literature, Student Needs, Teacher Education, Teacher Workshops, Teaching Machines, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
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Authoring Institution: National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
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