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Category Archives: FYW Best Practices
Structuring and Facilitating Group Work in FYW Courses
Structuring and Facilitating Group Work Group work can be a powerful learning tool, but the teams need to be facilitated correctly. If teams don’t function well, they can be a source of frustration and anxiety for students and instructors. Below are … Continue reading
Visible Pedagogy: A Teach@ CUNY Project
Visible Pedagogy is a blog dedicated to advancing and expanding conversations about teaching and learning at CUNY. It is edited by TLC Assistant Director Elizabeth Alsop, and collaboratively authored by the staff of theTeaching & Learning Center, our Contributing Writers, … Continue reading
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Language Transfer: Tip Sheets for Ten Languages by Ann Raimes
Language Transfer: Tip Sheets for Ten Languages Research shows that transfer from the native language is not the most common cause of error, at least in written English. However, when it occurs, it is often the most baffling to readers … Continue reading
Engaging With Current Events in 2017 in FYW Courses: Some Suggestions and Resources
The FYW@City Tech program encourages you to talk to your students about current issues and, if possible, integrate them and student responses to them into your course. If anything, the “turbulent” state of the socio-political and economic reality in the U.S. … Continue reading
Week 1 Update, Fall, 2017: Developing a Shared Framework for Thinking and Talking About College Writing at City Tech
The development and adoption of a shared language for thinking and talking about college writing is one of the major aims of every FYW course. To this end, FYW@CityTech has developed one framework for thinking and talking about college writing … Continue reading
FYW OpenAccess FIRST WEEK READINGS
FYW OpenAccess FIRST WEEK READINGS “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie [reading questions] [as of Fall, 2017 the Open Access edition of this essay is no longer available] “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead “Active Reading” by Brogan Sullivan “Teaching to the … Continue reading
Assisting Students in Preparing for FYW Final Exams
To assist students enrolled in your ENG1101 and ENG1121 courses in preparing for the final exam, FYW@City Tech has compiled the following resources. Please feel free to share these with your students and to encourage them to complete a practice exam and … Continue reading
What Are You Reading This Summer?
City Tech Students and Faculty are always interested in knowing what their friends, classmates, and professors are reading. To facilitate this discussion, FYW@City Tech has an Open Lab site dedicated to this topic. I hope you will visit that project … Continue reading
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FYW May Roundtable Discussion: Understanding and Responding to the Updated Learning Outcomes for ENG1101 and ENG1121
Who: Faculty teaching ENG1101/ENG1121 in the Summer and Fall 2014 Semesters What: Discuss and Learn More About Implementing the Updated Learning Outcomes in Course Syllabi and Assignments for ENG1101 and ENG1121 Where: Faculty Commons (N225) When: Thursday, May 22, 3pm … Continue reading
NYTimes.com PASS for CUNY Students
The New York Times online edition is now available to all CUNY students, faculty and staff! The CUNY account now entitles all people with a cuny.edu email domain to acquire a subscription to the digital NYTimes. Once you have created … Continue reading
