Synopses & Reviews
In Our Own Words guides upper-intermediate to advanced students through the writing process and features engaging essays by other students and professional writers. In the Student's Book, students will find the experiences, perspectives, and cultural observations of their peers expressed in many student-written reading selections. The book provides classroom-tested activities designed to encourage student interaction and collaboration. This innovative text uses the best writing of former students as well as professional essays to help students learn the process of personal and academic writing. It offers thematically organized multicultural readings, including articles, personal essays, short stories, and poems. It also teaches writing strategies and techniques for interviewing, editing, and revision.
Synopsis
In Our Own Words guides upper-intermediate to advanced students through the writing process and features engaging essays by other students and professional writers.
Synopsis
In Our Own Words takes the unique approach of using student writing as a resource for writing instruction and idea development. The defining characteristic of this unique high-intermediate to advanced writing text is the use of non-native student writing to teach writing. This feature makes the text easily accessible to and popular with students. The third edition features 15 new readings by student writers, five new readings by professional writers, updated writing topics, Internet activities to support the writing process, and contextualized revising and editing activities.
Table of Contents
PART I: STARTING OUT; Chapter 1: Attitudes toward Writing; Chapter 2: Strategies for Getting Words on Paper; Chapter 3: Coping with Common Writing Problems; PART II: WRITING; Chapter 4: Experiences; Chapter 5: People; Chapter 6: Places; Chapter 7: Learning from Others: Interviewing; Chapter 8: Looking at Difference: Cultural Contrasts; Chapter 9: The American Dream: Immigrant Perspectives; Chapter 10: Claiming the Dream: Rights and Responsibilities; PART III: RETHINKING/REWRITING; Chapter 11: Revising; Chapter 12: Editing