Developing a pedagogy of pluralistic linguistic expression in the first year composition classroom

<p>"Over the past 40 years, the field of composition has recognized of the importance of legitimizing students' linguistic diversity in the composition classroom. However, a framework for a pedagogy of linguistic diversity does not yet exist. This thesis seeks to provide such a framework by identifying a new genre of academic writing entitled Pluralistic Linguistic Expression (PLE). First, this thesis begins with the research question, how do educators respect students' linguistic diversity in writing while still teaching them rhetorically appropriate discourse? A review of the historical approaches to PLE and the current pedagogical research provides a framework for further discussion. By using the work of Karlyn Campbell as a lens to identify unique substantive and stylistic features of the PLE genre, this thesis conducts a rhetorical analysis of five published examples of PLE documents. This analysis substantiates the finding that PLE constitutes a new academic genre. Afterwards, current best practices of college composition are reviewed to show how the PLE genre can be integrated into established First Year Composition curriculums to form a framework for pedagogy. Finally, a performance of the PLE genre demonstrates the conclusion that conceptualizing PLE as an academic genre is a useful method for developing a pedagogy based on legitimizing linguistic diversity in academic writing"--Document.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA) in English: Rhetoric and Technical Communication

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Ridgeway, April Dawn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Logan Greene
• Justin Young
• Jane Ellsworth

• English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
• English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
• Code switching (Linguistics)
• Diglossia (Linguistics)
• English Language and Literature

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• Access is available to all users

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/95

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1094