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    Introduction to Academic Discourse for Students by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    “Introducing Academic Discourse” by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich (Video)

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    Teaching With the ENA 101 Framework

    The ENA 101 Framework Click below to download a copy of the ENA 101 Framework visual. History of ENA 101 and the Development of LaGuardia’s ENA 101 Framework ENA 101 at LaGuardia began in 2010-2011, guided by Heidi Johnsen, who developed the first iteration of the course based on the national model of acceleration introduced…

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    Introduction to Academic Discourse: Reading Student Samples Against a Rubric by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    Teaching Note:  This activity is a modification of the one described by Jane E. Hindman in her 1999 article “Inventing Academic Discourse: Teaching (and Learning) Marginal Poise and Fugitive Truth.” This activity works best if you can draw on a stash of former papers for your class and is best done in small groups. You…

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    Introduction to Academic Discourse: Social Annotation of a Text by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    Teaching Note:  This activity is one that is useful for many different situations but works especially well in a remote or hybrid setting. It asks students to engage virtually through social annotation. For an ENA class, you might introduce the text to students prior to the ENG 101 section where you will be handling the…

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    Introduction to Academic Discourse: Understanding a Writing Assignment Activity by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    Teaching Notes:  One of the issues many students have throughout college classes is that they often don’t understand what an assignment is asking of them. Slow down the class to really help students understand what your assignment is asking. For this assignment you might take part of your ENA class to ask students to read…

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    Introduction to Academic Discourse: email Activity by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    Teaching Note:  This activity is modified from the article “Academic English A Conceptual Framework: Technical Report-1” by Robin Scarcerella (2003).  In this report, Scarcerella specifically discusses the challenges of students who are second language English speakers in terms of academic discourse and navigating the work of being a student. She provides readers with an email…

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    Introduction to Academic Discourse for Faculty by Marisa A. Klages-Bombich

    One of the most common struggles for  ENA 101 students is their lack of familiarity with college level writing expectations. Specifically, students often demonstrate a novice understanding of the use and range of Academic Discourse. According to our ENA 101, Introducing Academic Discourse is one of the eight elements that teachers should be addressing within…

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    ENA 101–Composition I Accelerated

    Course Description 3 credits; 7 hoursFulfills “Pathways: Required Core” In this course students write coherent essays in varied academic formats, both in and out of class, responding to culturally diverse materials and using appropriate technology. Studentsin this course will fulfill all stated objectives of English 101. Three additional hours each week support students with lower…

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