Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Reflections of an ESL Composition Student
Department
Writing Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2014-2015
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Abstract
Jiemin is a former citizen of the Peoples Republic of China. In 2000, she emigrated to the United States and attended a university to complete a bachelors degree in accounting. Now, she reflects upon her experiences as a non-native speaker of English attending three college composition courses. Fourteen years after her first FYC course, she has an understanding of the material that she was taught, the manner in which she was taught, and the effectiveness of an American FYC course for a student who is not only learning writing, but also the culture of the US and the culture of US education. In this presentation, I will introduce Jiemin, discuss her experiences and her reflection on those experiences, and comment on the effectiveness of teaching FYC to ESL students especially commenting on using Service Learning in a composition course for this student population.
Conference Name
Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Conference Location
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
ScholarWorks Citation
Hulst, Craig, "Reflections of an ESL Composition Student" (2015). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 570.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/570
