An ESL Writer and her Discipline-Based Professor

Written Communication Apr 2001

An ESL Writer and her Discipline-Based Professor

STEPHEN M. FISHMAN ; LUCILLE McCARTHY

Abstract

This study by a philosophy professor and a compositionist focuses on the progress of an ESL student in the philosopher's writing-intensive Intro course. In it, the authors answer calls for examination of instructional supports that help ESL students in their college classes across the curriculum. Their report is divided into three parts. In the first, the philosophy professor explicates his classroom aims and expectations, rooting them in the educational approaches of Dewey, Freire, and Gramsci. In the second, the compositionist offers an account of the ESL pupil's experiences in this philosophy classroom, describing the pedagogies that promote her progress toward achieving the professor's goals. In the final section, the authors, acknowledging the contested nature of “progress” in this context, describe the ideological conflicts behind their different interpretations of the successes and failures of this ESL student.

Journal: Written Communication
Published: 2001-04-01
DOI: 10.1177/0741088301018002002
Open Access: Closed
Topics: writing across the curriculum multilingual writers

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