| Term |
Annotation |
| abolition |
elimination of required writing courses in college |
| advanced |
composition courses after the first year of instruction |
| ancillary |
course attached to another course to aid instruction (e.g., "stretch" course) |
| basic |
instruction for underprepared students ("remedial") |
| bridging |
relating to the conflict between the language and literature sides of an English department, |
| CAI |
computer-assisted instruction, of all kinds |
| change |
efforts or recommendations for reform in program, teaching, theory, etc. |
| classroom |
involving the classroom as a social site or physical space(e.g., opposed to conferencing) |
| conference |
professional conferences, such as CCCC (compare "conferencing") |
| conferencing |
use of student conferences as a pedagogical practice (to distinguish from "conference" as a professional meeting) |
| data |
includes empirical information: number count, percentages, frequency, ethnographic transcripts, etc. |
| decline |
notion that student performance is not as good as it used to be (compare "deterioration") |
| deterioration |
notion that student writing performance declines during college (compare "decline") |
| development |
personal growth, maturation, life change |
| difference |
gender differences |
| doublespeak |
use of language to deceive |
| ebonics |
concerning Black English Vernacular (BEV) or African American English (AAE) |
| English-ed |
instruction and programs for future primary and secondary teachers (compare "training" and "retraining") |
| ESL |
English as a language other than one's first language: includes EFL, TESL, English for special purposes, etc. |
| FYC |
first year composition |
| G4, G11, etc. |
fourth grade, eleventh grade, etc. |
| group |
instructional methods involving students working together in groups |
| imitation |
use of model texts to teach writing (to distinguish from "model") |
| model |
theoretical paradigm |
| periodical |
professional journals such as Written Communication |
| practice |
specific pedagogical methods used by teachers of writing |
| profession |
relating to the discipline of college writing and rhetoric |
| programmed |
computer-generated learning sequences: "mastery learning" |
| retraining |
faculty development |
| rhet-comp |
graduate programs in rhetoric or composition studies |
| schism |
formation of a rhet/comp department or program separate from the English department |
| teacher-student |
relationships-personal, social, cultural, material-between students and teachers |
| technical |
technical writing |
| training |
instruction and programs to prepare people to teach in post-secondary institutions (compare "retraining" and "English-ed") |
| two-year |
the "community" or "junior" college |
