ENG 115– Introduction to the USE OF ENGLISH

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ENG 115 Introduction to the USE OF ENGLISH
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PREDICAMENT!

• Your paper is due tomorrow and you have not
  completed it.
• The lecturer is NOT accepting any late papers.
• You just KNOW youre going to fail this course.
• WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

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TEMPTATION!

• You share your predicament with a friend on
  facebook.
• Your friend did that same topic at university in
  the US and got an A.
• Your friend is willing to email and allow you to
  put your name and submit it as it is.
• WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

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THE CHOICES

• Do you suffer? Try to do the paper on your own
  in the limited time and risk failing the course?
• OR
• Do you take the paper from your friend and submit
  it as your own?
• DISCUSS

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THE PATHS to CIVILIZATION and BARBARISM?

• LEARNING TO WRITE
• and
• WRITING TO LEARN

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THE WRITING PROCESSHow does READING come in?It
involves

• Observing the world
• Listening to the language of the people
• Listening to the movements of your own mind
• Reading the language of the school.

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The Rhetorical Strategies(or organizational
principles)

• EXAMPLE (ILLUSTRATION)
• CAUSE AND EFFECT
• LOGIC

• NARRATIVE
• DESCRIPTION
• COMPARISON/CONTRAST
• (including the analogy)
• CLASSIFICATION
• DEFINITION
• TESTIMONY/AUTHORITY

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The goal of the writerto possess
IDENTITYAUTHENTICITYPOWER
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Your roles in the academic community

• ADVOCATE
• INFORMANT (EXPERT)
• INTERPRETER
• INQUIRER

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• Advocate
• If you choose to be an advocate, you will present
  evidence to support an argument you are making.
  You will show what you believe and locate
  information to support your views.

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The INFORMANT or EXPERT

• You present yourself as an expert on the topic.
  Show that you are knowledgeable write with an
  authoritative tone. You may/will discuss
  competing ideas about the topic and guide your
  reader through a systematic examination of the
  issues involved, into accepting your idea.
  Demonstrate how widely you have read on a number
  of issues related to the topic.

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INTERPRETER

• As an interpreter, you will analyze and explain
  key aspects (the central) from your paper. Your
  role is similar to that of the informant but, as
  interpreter, you will question the accuracy and
  meaning of your sources and aspects of the study
  you undertake. Ultimately, your goal will be to
  help your reader to understand the complex issues
  involved in the debate you present. You do not
  have to try to convince anyone to accept your
  position. Your role is to ensure that you present
  the issues in a manner that others can
  understand.

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INQUIRER

• In this role you are most likely to present new
  information about a topic. Your research
  question(s) will focus on an area of scholarly
  inquiry, such as aspects previously overlooked
  (of your topic), or your own new findings based
  on investigation / intervention.

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Things to write about

• Fame    Exploitation    Endangered Species
  Hospitality Multicultural celebrations
  Forests International Groupings Autism
  Terrorists Celebrities Role Models
  Mental Slavery Steve Jobs Deception
  Academic Qualifications vs. Experience
  Fanatics Malnutrition Relaxation
  Success The Business World Autocracy
  Competition Cloning Children
  Vagrancy Geneva Conventions Treason
• Books Chauvinism Colonialism
  Anarchy Freedom Euthanasia
• National development Friendship The
  danger of a single story.