What Is English? - Rilegato

Elbow, Peter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0873523814 ISBN 13: 9780873523813

Casa editrice: Modern Language Assn of Amer, 1990

Riassunto

What Is English? is Peter Elbow’s challenging and very personal “picture of a profession that cannot define what it is.” Written in a lively and accessible style, What Is English? contains Elbow’s reflections on the 1987 English Coalition Conference and on its implications for the profession as a whole. Elbow identifies and tackles the major areas addressed by the conference:

• the question of what “English” means
• the place of theory in reading and writing
• the conflict between those who teach literature and those who teach writing
• the controversies surrounding the canon
• the nation’s increasing preoccupation with assessment

To include the voices of others who attended the conference, the book contains “interludes”―short pieces between chapters―in which teachers from all levels of instruction express their feelings and describe their experiences.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Modern Language Assn of Amer
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0873523814
• ISBN 13: 9780873523813
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 271
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile