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Matsuda – The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition

Posted by justin on August 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Matsuda, Paul Kei. “The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition.” Cross-Language Relations in Composition. Eds. Horner, Bruce, Min-Zhan Lu and Paul Key Matsuda. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. 81-96. Print. Matsuda begins by identifying a problem: While Horner & Trimbur’s work on monolingualism demonstrated that the dominant move in English writing/composition is to move the student... Read More

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Matsuda & Matsuda – World Englishes and the Teaching of Writing

Posted by justin on August 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Matsuda, A., and P.K. Matsuda. “World Englishes and the Teaching of Writing.” TESOL Quarterly 44.2 (2010): 369-74. Print. WE: the catchall that includes Standard English but also all its varieties – linguistic and functional (370). In fact, the majority of English speakers in the world today actually acquired English as a second or nonnative language (Graddol 1997). Goal of article: “we explore implications of WE for... Read More

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Bawarshi – The Challenges and Possibilities of Taking up Multiple Discursive Resources in US College Composition

Posted by justin on August 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Bawarshi, Anis. “The Challenges and Possibilities of Taking up Multiple Discursive Resources in U.S. College Composition.” Cross-Language Relations in Composition. Eds. Horner, Bruce, Min-Zhan Lu and Paul Kei Matsuda. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. 196-203. Print. B. begins by referencing Bazerman and Min-Zhan Lu’s work to draw attention to how an individual’s discursive resources (defined as “the... Read More

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CCR601

Posted by justin on September 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Coming to Voice: Publishing as a Graduate Student Paul Kei Matsuda Writing for Scholarly Publication: Behind the Scenes in Language Education This article discusses the when, how, and why for graduate students considering publication during graduate school. Matsuda confronts a lot of important questions in this essay – notably The length was intimidating, but even more frightening was the amount of reading I would have to do just to find... Read More

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music

New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]